The Kind and Wicked Learning Environment

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In order to excel at a complex skill in the long term, you need to build a broad base. A child prodigy named Yudit Polgar proved it worked in chess too. The kind and wicked learning environment is where all the information is available. People often wait for each other to take turns. Feedback is automatic and totally accurate after everything you do.

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