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#146 Barbara Tversky: Action Shapes Thought

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Do You Know When to Throw in the Trash?

The abstraction you get either in a diagram or verbal instructions isn't going to enable you to be a champion diver or a great cook. A good coach can tweak, can use language to tweak and abstractions in language to teach. You know, your body should feel this, the muscle tension. Because a lot of that isn't visible. And I think any creator knows when things simply can't be corrected and when they can be corrected.

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