Justin Skycak(@justinskycak):Our claims of “learning is not memorization” may sound poetic in the abstract. But when asked to break them down concretely, we find our explanations start to sound more and more like “Tower-building is not nailing wood, not welding steel, not balancing load, it is none of those mechanical things, it is the emergent grace of brushing the heavens.” Which is completely devoid of instructional value, and entirely unhelpful to any aspiring tower-builder, aside from possibly inspiring a fleeting spark of motivation that spends itself searching for a place to spend itself.

2026.08.03 12:38

Our claims of “learning is not memorization” may sound poetic in the abstract. But when asked to break them down concretely, we find our explanations start to sound more and more like “Tower-building is not nailing wood, not welding steel, not balancing load, it is none of those mechanical things, it is the emergent grace of brushing the heavens.” Which is completely devoid of instructional value, and entirely unhelpful to any aspiring tower-builder, aside from possibly inspiring a fleeting spark of motivation that spends itself searching for a place to spend itself.

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