Metalearning Procedure

Some general steps for better Metalearning

Ask yourself (in order) why, what, and how.

1. Why do you want to learn the thing?
   1. is it for instrumental or intrinsic reasons? 2. if instrumental, tailor your learning to the thing you need 3. if intrinsic, just focus on what’s most interesting or fun
2. What do you need to know about the thing to have learned it?
   1. How does the thing break down?
   2. What are the
3. How are you going to learn those things?
   1. Are there benchmark techniques you can mine for the subject?
   2. Can you find experts to talk with?

You should spend about 10% of the total time you have to learn a thing doing metalearning, establishing the roadmap for how you’ll learn it. Heavily front-loaded, but also return to it periodically, especially when progress is slow.

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Source §

• Ultralearning

Related §

• Metalearning
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• Decomposition Understanding
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