Learning To Learn: What Autodidacts Can Teach Us About Self-learning

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Whoever came up with the expression easy as pie probably never made one. So many rules to follow when making a pie: don’t overwork the dough, keep the butter chilled, coat every part of the flour with fat, and on and on. I wouldn’t describe any of that as easy. Similarly, self-learning sounds like fun in theory but can be vexing in practice. Thankfully, autodidacts have…