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Unlearning

(not sure if that's a word... Let's just pretend it is...)

Check this:



What I find interesting in this is that I think he's using the word "algorithm" incorrectly.



I also find it interesting that he had to "unlearn" how to ride a bicycle. Unlike some of the others in the video, I don't believe it would be easy to learn how to ride a reverse-steering bike. I'm somewhat of a bike aficionado and I have enjoyed riding my bike ever since I can remember. I will never forget the day my dad took the training wheels off the bike (I never used them - I was a natural) and let me go. It was a kind of freedom that I still enjoy to this day, maybe even more than driving (yep. I said it.) There is something about moving somewhere - rapidly - under your own power. It's an experience that is exhilarating and visceral... And it's something I've not ever had from any other exercise (running, hiking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, etc.) I enjoy those other things - well, except running, and swimming isn't wonderful when it's for real... But biking is lovely. And I can see how it would be hard to learn how to ride the bike.

But I also liked the little nugget at the end when he said we shouldn't judge others for their perceived lack of ability. The truth is, life is experienced by all of us on so many levels and sometimes what is one way for us is actually backwards for someone else. And I also liked how he pointed out that children are able to accept and adapt to change more easily, noting that their brains are more "plastic". Meaning, more moldable. I think this is similar to the Savior's injunction for people to be more childlike, more teachable, more submissive, more meek, more trusting. It's probably the hardest thing in my world, actually. I like to think I know enough to carry on by myself. This is not the case - which I know intellectually, if not emotionally.

I'm still learning.

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