In Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Richard Feynman shares wonderful stories from his life. A common thread among his stories is Feynman following his curiosity and excitement about a particular topic or activity. There is a story of him learning to crack safes as a hobby while he was working on an atomic bomb, or learning to paint portraits, or playing in a band in Brazil. He found something exciting, something that resonated with him, and then dedicated time to either learn more about it or to get better at it. At some point of the book he acknowledges that working on what excites him led him to receiving his Nobel Prize.
This idea of following one’s curiosity deeply resonated with me. I even changed my bio on twitter (which I do not do frequently) to include “learning to ride waves of enthusiasm 🌊🏄♂️🌊”, because I want to get better at recognizing my enthusiasm towards a topic or an activity and then following it to learn more about the topic or to get better at the activity.
In Ultralearning, a good read with practical recommendations how to learn more effectively and efficiently, Scott H. Young references Richard Feynman in a context of a learning technique: the best way to learn about something is to understand it well enough to teach it. By sharing what you learn in your own words, you facilitate deeper understanding of the subject.
In my Twitter feed I am starting to see more examples of either “learning in public” or “building in public”, which if find very inspiring. @levelsio is a great example of that.
So why am I writing to you all this?
Well, recently I finished Bill Gates’s new book — How to Avoid A Climate Disaster. I could not help getting curious about the impact travel and hospitality industry has on a global carbon footprint.
Initial search did not yield a good summary. I noticed my enthusiasm about the topic, and I pitched the idea of looking into that to DataArt Travel Research team. They agreed to help, and we agreed that we are going to learn about this topic in public by publishing a series of articles on Linkedin. My first article on the topic with high-level overview of our approach went live on Thursday.
So with this message I want to share the delight of being able to trace how a few ideas that I read in the last six months nudged me into a public quest to find out how travel and hospitality industry, and in particular travel distribution chain, addresses the questions of tracking, calculating, and offsetting its carbon footprint.
Let’s see how far this wave will take me.
Thank you for reading,
Alex
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This idea of following one’s curiosity deeply resonated with me. I even changed my bio on twitter (which I do not do frequently) to include “learning to ride waves of enthusiasm 🌊🏄♂️🌊”, because I want to get better at recognizing my enthusiasm towards a topic or an activity and then following it to learn more about the topic or to get better at the activity.
In Ultralearning, a good read with practical recommendations how to learn more effectively and efficiently, Scott H. Young references Richard Feynman in a context of a learning technique: the best way to learn about something is to understand it well enough to teach it. By sharing what you learn in your own words, you facilitate deeper understanding of the subject.
In my Twitter feed I am starting to see more examples of either “learning in public” or “building in public”, which if find very inspiring. @levelsio is a great example of that.
So why am I writing to you all this?
Well, recently I finished Bill Gates’s new book — How to Avoid A Climate Disaster. I could not help getting curious about the impact travel and hospitality industry has on a global carbon footprint.
Initial search did not yield a good summary. I noticed my enthusiasm about the topic, and I pitched the idea of looking into that to DataArt Travel Research team. They agreed to help, and we agreed that we are going to learn about this topic in public by publishing a series of articles on Linkedin. My first article on the topic with high-level overview of our approach went live on Thursday.
So with this message I want to share the delight of being able to trace how a few ideas that I read in the last six months nudged me into a public quest to find out how travel and hospitality industry, and in particular travel distribution chain, addresses the questions of tracking, calculating, and offsetting its carbon footprint.
Let’s see how far this wave will take me.
Thank you for reading,
Alex
P.S. This site does not have any analytics by design. If you found this message interesting or have comments, please reach out to ashchedrin@hey.com and let me know. Thanks!