{"id":737,"date":"2018-04-16T21:23:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/?p=737"},"modified":"2018-04-16T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:23:58","slug":"learn-anything-instantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rowanspazzoli.com\/wp\/learn-anything-instantly\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn anything, instantly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6AOpomu9V6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a scene in &#8220;The Matrix&#8221;<\/a> where Trinity and Neo come across a helicopter. Neo asks Trinity if she can fly it and she replies with &#8220;not yet&#8221; and proceeds to call the operator. She asks for a pilot program for a B-212 helicopter, which the operator is able to find. He uploads it to her and she is able to learn the commands instantly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s go&#8221; she says to Neo as they hop in the helicopter and fly away.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Learn Instantly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At the time I thought that having something uploaded to your brain like that would be one of the most astonishing abilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wanna learn karate? <strong>Done<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Need to learn quantum physics? <strong>Sorted<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Going to China and need to speak the language? <strong>\u7b80\u6613<\/strong><span lang=\"zh-CN\">!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If Elon Musk has his way, this might be a not to distant reality, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/waitbutwhy.com\/2017\/04\/neuralink.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">things like Neuralink.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;re actually kind of living in an age like that anyway. With access to high speed internet, it is possible to learn anything we want, whenever we want to. It takes a little longer than it does in the matrix, but it&#8217;s still possible.<\/p>\n<p>For example, today I needed to change the battery in my car. I had never done something like that before. But on the way back from the battery centre I read two articles and watched a sort YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p>And bam! I had learnt how to do it myself.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m basically a mechanic now.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Learning to leverage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We have access to more knowledge than we can ever comprehend. Knowledge used to be one of the most valuable assets. But it&#8217;s becoming more open and more free.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now about being able to acquire that knowledge quickly, leverage it and apply it.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn to do anything. So what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Image was taken this afternoon on my run \ud83d\ude42 first time I&#8217;ve run in a while and I managed 10km. 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