Do you remember the first time trying to recreate a favorite recipe—maybe Grandma's pie, or mom's cookies?
You probably watched them make it a hundred times.
It never comes out the same. Sound familiar?
We all have some version of this happening—yet we often fail to see the connection between this phenomenon and our understanding of learning.
There's a technical term for it: Tacit Knowledge.
I call it hidden-in-plain-sight knowledge—the heart of the learning-puzzle. As bitcoin educators - you probable have that "magic touch" - that thing basketball coaches call "court sense".
I also think it has a big role in understanding the orange-pill problem when you are the only Bitcoiner at a family dinner table.
I wrote a few words about this in my latest article/field-note:
Field Note: You Can
You cannot copy a process. You cannot transfer understanding. You cannot orange-pill someone through information alone. This is the deepest implica...
profound happened—rediscovering old content from bitcoin influencers I hadn't read in four years felt like hearing those classic rock songs that age perfectly with time. The progress in content quality is insanely refreshing.
My background is in education technology. I still dream of participating in a truly structured, yet decentralized learning environment.
In 28 years, I'd say we've made 3-5% progress—a snail's pace. I hope to back this up with academic-style content exploring the good, bad, and ugly.
Bitcoin has created capacity for a whole new kind of learning experience—not merely degrees of difference. The difference between Education and Marketing is the real acid test—though the line between these worlds is often thin.
IMHO, The modern internet is a grand masquerade where the two entwine like vines in a digital jungle, each claiming to nurture growth while subtly strangling the other's roots.
Regardless, being on Nostr to write this and read others' ideas is a breath of fresh air—I'd estimate an 89.21% reduction in Bitcoin grift compared to X 😇