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We learn differently as children than as adults. For grown-ups, learning a new skill is painful, attention-demanding, and slow. Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.

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Alison Gopnik

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What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall – practice, practice, practice.

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In most places and times in human history, babies have had not just one person but lots of people around who were really paying attention to them around, dedicated to them, cared to them, were related to them. I think the big shift in our culture is the isolation in which many children are growing up.

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April 21, 2024

In most places and times in human history, babies have had not just one person but lots of people around who were really paying attention to them around, dedicated to them, cared to them, were related to them. I think the big shift in our culture is the isolation in which many children are growing up.

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April 21, 2024

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall – practice, practice, practice.

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