25 Things I Learned #11

Rumination #11: Learning & Education, Philosophy & Wisdom, Psychology & Human Behavior, Strategy & Systems, Perception & Communication

14 hrs ago • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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November 2025

Illusion of Transparency, Hot-Cold Empathy Gap, Worse-Than-Average Effect

Weekly I/O #120: Illusion of Transparency, Hot-Cold Empathy Gap, Worse-Than-Average Effect, Subadditivity Effect, Sins to Fill Void

Nov 19 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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Fun is unfinished learning, How to teach, Different types of knowledge

Weekly I/O #119: Games are Tasty Patterns, KLI Framework, Knowledge Components Taxonomy, Three Classes of Learning, Instruction-Knowledge Asymmetry

Nov 10 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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Spaces between sentences, Being watched changes behavior, The kindest thing

Weekly I/O #118: Spaces Between Sentences, Hawthorne Effect, The Kindest Thing, Four Conditions for Complex Systems, Grateful for Not Wanting

Nov 3 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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October 2025

LLMs are ghosts, Two types of tools, AI in organizational chaos

Weekly I/O #117: LLMs are Ghosts not Creatures, Instrumental and Engaged Tools, Bitter Lesson or Garbage Can, Interfaces Help See and Express, Justify…

Oct 20 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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What's sanity, Destroy company with good news, Learning happens across three worlds

Weekly I/O #116: Sanity is Performance, Osborne Effect, Three Worlds of Understanding, Artists Defy Education, Hostage by Need

Oct 13 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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25 Things I Learned #10

Rumination #10: Philosophy & Observation, Psychology & Human Behavior, Productivity & Work, Memory & Learning, Carveout

Oct 5 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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September 2025

Don't chase originality, Arguments can't be won, Education is not a substance

Weekly I/O #115: Originality is Being Obvious, Can't Win by Arguing, Education is not a substance, Effective but Unpredictable, Longer Table not Taller…

Sep 28 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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What's good feedback, Gaps in the four theories, Four types of feedback

Weekly I/O #114: Three feedback questions, Gaps in Fabric of Reality, Four types of feedback, Feedback to Teacher, Bad Luck Saves Worse Luck

Sep 21 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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Four stages of memory, What makes effective therapy, Theory of everything

Weekly I/O #113: Four Stages of Memory, Psychotherapy Common Factors, Four-strand Theory of Everything, Reverse Everything Test, Theory after Theory

Sep 15 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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Real Cause of Addiction, MDA Game Framework, What Daoism and Wittgenstein have in common

Weekly I/O #112: Opposite of Addiction is Connection, MDA Game Framework, Daoism meets Wittgenstein, Three Game Loops, Passion Exposed Mediocrity

Sep 8 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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Summer thoughts

Five years have passed since I last experienced the summer in Asia. Here are a few observations and fleeting thoughts:

Sep 1 • 

Cheng-Wei Hu

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