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He discusses how specificity is key in sports, but actually the consensus now is to avoid specialization for as long as possible. Playing other sports helps you in your primary sport, especially when it comes to injury reduction. The book Range by Epstein covers this well.

The article also seems to be focused on a certain kind of math. Boolean algebra is a type of math that is used regularly in CS and EE. It is so fundamental that if you don’t get it you probably can’t code anything non trivial.

parent kenjackson 4 years ago

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