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How to Understand Subjects We Don’t Want to Invest the Time in to Master
Mastery is a never-ending process, but we can gain a better understanding of a subject when information is presented in the form of a theory.
It’s an interesting process, learning is. I love when I delve into a new subject and the vernacular is like another language, but slowly you memorize words and then you can read the sentences fluidly and start grabbing concepts. You, then, have a bunch of individual concepts, and some of their interactions, and as your memorization of concepts and their interactions grows into a global network you achieve an understanding of the system and can then form strategies/opinions.
Often when we read about a new subject, perhaps one that we have no intention of making a central focus of our lives, we find ourselves in a position of reliance on the opinions of others. All too often I’ve caught myself parroting an economist I’ve read some article from, when really, while I may trust that economist for whatever reason (most likely the way they express themselves and the apparent cogency of their opinions), I don’t have the base understanding to disagree with them. This makes it incredibly easy to be manipulated without an understanding of a subject. I don’t have a strong…
