Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁ @frank.computer · May 4

Sometimes going through pain or struggle is immensely important! Not all pain is a lesson, of course. And much of work is tedium. But *some* pain is deeply useful. And that pain, and our ability to think about it, is what separates us from large language models. I wax a little philosophical here:

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Leslie Ordal · May 4

The struggle is a part of learning — I have been trying to teach the concept of “process” (struggle through it to improve learning) vs “product” (using skills you already have to some degree) assignments