yes!!! unfortunately lol ^^ it sucks having a neurospicy detail oriented brain that needs those infos first to even grasp the topic and to see the big picture 👁👄👁 struggling hard to condition myself into being able to do it the other way tbh, not sure if it's even possible.
1:02 THIS is exactly what I always asked my teachers for and what I still critizise about the school system: You get teached all these results from adult-thinking humans and are expected to realize what its good for, why you do it like this, how you come up with this, etc. But as a child-thinking human you're building up a model of the world and need a trunk before the branches and branches before the leafes. But we get handed leaf after leaf and are supposed to realize the branches and trunks they are based on. I want school to explain what is teached and why (where do i need it, what can i do with it), give me an overview about what will follow and how the things will relate to each other - THEN you can teach me all the things because then I know how to learn them and where to put them in my mind. It would be SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. I *ASKED* for it so many times!
You're absolutely correct, but they just.. can't. Even if we ignore everything specific about teachers, most HUMANS cargo cult, not understand. I mean, just look at the educational RU-vid/Medium, most of it is mindless regurgitation. Or AI "research" - it's useless imitation by those who couldn't care less in hopes to get hired by managers/founders who in turn themselves are mindless copycats. We're privileged, however, to have amazing teachers like 3b1b, Jeremy Howard, AlphaPhoenix, Artem, who get deep into their favorite subjects, and share their universe with us.
Can you give a specific example? In my mind this is exactly how the education system works... For example - you learn that there are fundamental building blocks of matter called atoms. There are a distinct "versions" of matter known as elements and they are defined by their weight. Then you learn well actually they are defined by the number of protons they have which are one of 3 particles - protons electrons and neutrons. A specific element has a certain number of protons and neutrons which make up its center (nucleus) and electrons which fly around it like planets orbiting a star. Well actually - a certain element can have a variable amount of neutrons and weigh slightly more or less than the "perfect" version of it. Oh yea and also we can have a variable number of electrons. Oh also, we lied about electrons too, they do not orbit a nucleus like a planet, at all now you need to learn quantum mechanics. Every step of the way, slightly more complexity is added. This is exactly what the speaker in this video is saying to do. Can you provide a counter example?
@@nathanp3366 what he meant was asking Why should I learn this? What benefits do I obtain after learning this? What are the disadvantages of not learning this? Provide me a map so I can decide my own route to learn this subject
@@manamsetty2664 That's the type of question you can try to give an answer to after spending a few thousand hours delving into the subject. And if you really at some point feel the need for those answers, you'd probably want to try and come up with an answer yourself, not take another one's one for good.
Hey Artem, how are you? You haven't posted in a while! Just wanted to say that this channel made me discover computational neuroscience, and influenced a lot of my interests as a biomedical sciences student. I hope to pursue a master's in the field one day. Cheers!
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 📚 Effective Reading Strategy Introduction - The key to effective reading is starting with a summary of core ideas and gradually adding details. - Book summaries are valuable tools for more efficient reading, especially for non-fiction books. - Summaries provide a quick rundown of main ideas, helping prime the brain for incoming information. 01:57 📖 Importance of Book Summaries - Humanity has written about 150 million books; being selective is crucial. - Book summaries help filter information overload and ensure you invest time wisely. - Reading summaries before diving into content enhances understanding and engagement. 03:47 📘 Utilizing Book Summaries Effectively - Reading summaries side by side with the book enhances comprehension and note-taking. - Summaries remain useful even after reading the entire book for referencing and recalling content. - Book summaries serve as a tool for linking ideas and understanding the overall structure of a book. 04:42 📚 Shortform Platform Overview - Shortform is a go-to platform for detailed and holistic book summaries. - One-page summaries on Shortform are rich in information, offering key ideas in a concise format. - Full guides on Shortform provide a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of book content. 06:50 🗣️ Content Augmentation on Shortform - Shortform's content augmentation includes notes added by guide authors for additional context. - Shortform's book guides go beyond summarizing, providing background information, perspectives, and drawbacks. - The platform covers books from various fields, but not every book is available due to the effort required in creating guides. 08:25 📚 Integrating Shortform with Obsidian - Shortform integrates with Obsidian, allowing automatic syncing of highlights and notes. - Highlights made in Shortform sync to Obsidian via the Readwise API, creating corresponding nodes. - Refactoring notes in Obsidian helps organize and link ideas from book summaries effectively. 10:31 📘 Refactoring Book Highlights into Atomic Ideas - Refactoring highlights into atomic ideas in Obsidian follows a Zettelkasten note-taking philosophy. - Refactoring allows the creation of individual idea notes linked together for a comprehensive knowledge network. - Highlights from book summaries contribute to the development of a personal knowledge base. 11:56 📖 Extending Book Notes into Atomic Ideas - Transforming book summaries into atomic ideas enhances understanding and retention. - The Zettelkasten approach facilitates the organization of ideas from various books into a cohesive network. - Atomic ideas become valuable references for future work, essays, or personal notes. 12:39 🤖 Shortform Browser Extension for AI Summaries - Shortform's browser extension leverages AI to generate summaries for arbitrary content. - The extension simplifies the process of summarizing articles or RU-vid videos without the need for complex prompts. - Integrating the extension with information consumption enhances efficiency and provides condensed versions of content. 15:23 🎓 Applying AI Summaries to Lecture Recordings - Lecture recordings serve as Triple A sources-accessible, aggregate, and accurate. - AI-generated summaries of lecture recordings provide condensed information with added context. - Skimming through AI summaries helps identify worthwhile lectures before investing time in watching them. 16:45 ⚙️ Limitations of AI Summaries - AI summaries may occasionally confuse uncommon words or names due to transcription errors. - Despite minor quirks, the AI tool performs well in providing condensed and augmented information. - Awareness of the tool's limitations ensures a mindful approach when using AI-generated summaries. 17:53 🛒 Conclusion and Shortform Offer - Shortform's AI browser extension simplifies summarizing any webpage content, making it a valuable tool. - Using Shortform in conjunction with Obsidian enhances the efficiency of information consumption and note-taking. - The video concludes with an offer for viewers to try Shortform with a referral link for a discount and free trial. Made with HARPA AI
Would just add a disclaimer right in the beginning that this video is a paid ad, as your content is focused on empirical findings and research, not to sell the idea as something recommended from research...
I just can't understand why so many people are angry at the comments just because the video is sponsored. It's not like it's a useless video only made to sell you something. Nice video, man!
Somewhere there’s a video of an Indian who actually shares the “learning secrets” you were expecting from clicking this video title… but it might be in Hindi. There aren’t any shortcuts people.
Nice idea and sure there are benefits but for a casual reader/learner Shortform even with discounts is just FAR too expensive as an ongoing subscription!! I understand there is ongoing input to the summaries as new books are added and this costs… maybe for full time researchers / businesses it’s fine … but I think I’ll stick with the more reasonably priced Blinkist This aside … I very much enjoy your videos Artem! Keep em coming!
0:55 my effective reading workflow abstract 3:04 summaries- metainformation: structure, ideas & concepts -questions, objectives keep your brain engaged -read summary side by side with the book to keep track where you are in the book's schema 6:14 summaries help review and structure information for creative work reading the summary helps you revoke the content, and intiate similar chains of thought also, helps to link ideas together
Hi Artem. Thank you for making these excellent, educational video tutorials. Please continue your great work. Best wishes in your studies at NYU. You have a very bright future.
That's why, I see subjects as a network of concepts. And each concept may have its own subnetwork of even more fundamental concepts. And it can go on... This idea of network is very useful. Even a complex system can be thought of as made up of a network of sub-systems. And each sub-system may be made up of a network of sub-sub-systems...That's why complexity science is network science.
Hey Artem, I just discovered your channel, and damn, I found a gem in a mountain of stones. This video into your knowledge parsing process was clear and insightful. I learned a ton. I just have a few questions. Pls consider answering them if you have the time. 1. While this does seem like spoon feeding, I would so love to see how you refactor your highlights and notes from shortform into your notes for the book. 2. You said you were using stack system for 2 years now. When you have like hundreds or even thousands of atomic ideas, how do you remember this particular topic I have already made a note of, especially when your knowledge base contains notes from 5 different fields or somehting along those lines. Thank you for taking the time to make such an useful video. I look forward to learning more from you.
I am fascinated by this topic and I have a lot of thoughts! I recently started having chronic pain in my upper body, and it changed the way I studied forever. I had to adapt by learning via YT and audio, because I couldn't type or write nearly as much or at all without pain. Now, I like to binge YT or Wondrium videos while I do things like garden, cook, clean, play video games, etc. I spend a lot of my free time doing this. My strategy is more about increasing the amount of overall time I spend learning, rather than having high efficiency.
Hi Artem, Thanks for your very helpful content! I have a question regarding Obsidian: do you (and how) use the Obsidian built-in tags? You explained that you create "ghost"-tags manually for ideas and turn them into MOCs later, but this doesn't make use of the obsidian tags, obviously.. do you just ignore them? Would love to get your opinion on this! Edit: spelling errors
Artem, I find the books you mention reading very interesting! Do you have a reading/read list type of thing? e.g goodreads, where we could have recommendations. Thanks for the great video! :)
Could you make a video about effective learning strategies? When diving into a new topic it can often be difficult to apply interleaving and elaboration because they require some level of *planning*. I added elaboration because it requires a direction or goal with what you are learning. Yes you can choose and modify a goal, but how much time is that wasting as a self learner? I wonder what are effective adaptive measures of self learnings
Browser extensions typically only work in-browser. Some mobile browsers offer developers the ability to provide the same extensions on mobile. (Some currently do this, some plan to do this. I'd research your browser and see if it's doing this. If Shortform has their extension on mobile, hopefully you'd be able to use it that way.)
I really like your videos but I think it's not okey to have your video sponsored by the tool you're recommending. This puts a big question mark on how I think about your advice in this video!
