I don't care about learning Mandarin, I want to find out how this guy's motivation system works and then download it into my brain.
Doing a PhD and learning Mandarin as a side project?! Doing hours of Anki practice and new note taking, some of it while running on a treadmill? There's just a crazy amount of drive (and what sounds like an epic memory) here.
I don't think people consider base motivation enough when thinking about processes and this guy won some kind of biological and/or upbringing lottery.
Doing a PhD and learning Mandarin as a side project?! Doing hours of Anki practice and new note taking, some of it while running on a treadmill? There's just a crazy amount of drive (and what sounds like an epic memory) here.
I don't think people consider base motivation enough when thinking about processes and this guy won some kind of biological and/or upbringing lottery.