Advice for young people: Invest in tools not knowledge | Bret Weinstein and Lex Fridman
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Lex, perhaps one of these days you can create a compilation of all (or the best of) the advice for young people segments.
If you do what you love you never work a day in your life. Examine yourself. What have you enjoyed, done well, and made you feel confident? Everyone has something special. The younger you are the more likely your failures will be forgiven.
YES
No doubt! theme / advice focused compilations is an easy improvement on his channel
Why don’t you make it?
@@yunghitta1935 I wouldn't want me or anyone else to redirect any traffic/revenue that deserves to go to Lex and it go to someone else piggy backing off his work.
I think the word skills, as opposed to tools, would make more sense here.
I shoulda listened to the actual podcast before I went out and bought a power drill and sewing machine.
@@mr.dudemeister7321 good one.
@@mr.dudemeister7321 jajajja
I was looking for something like this
@Christian Lopez so is knowledge, the real tool here is Bret I am afraid
The “tools” mentioned as examples: Computer programming, engineering, robotics, carpentry.
All things I would’ve previously considered as knowledge rather than tools
Maybe "skills" is the better term?
Anthony Polanco: I feel the same as you. It really threw me for a loop when I saw the title.
Carpentry and computer programming is not a good combo. LOL shouldn't the two have at least some overlapping.
And what he said about "a useless course" uhh. Anyhow I'm getting a bad case of cognitive dissonance.
@@Kitten_Stomper definitely. title leads the idea a little too much maybe
@@BryanChance It starts as a compelling take on “tools>knowledge” concept, then steps on itself & never recovers unfortunately
@George Ryan ultimately still a good point, just poorly navigated. Applied Knowledge>knowledge for the sake of knowledge
Master something. Anything really. Spend the time and devote the energy. Invest in the tools, but in the tools which its knowledge can be carried over into other realms of the universe. Invest in a multi tool, be a multi tool. just dont be a tool. XD
When I look at my watch, it's always tool time.
yeah good example learn to fix your car. It crosses over to plumbing, electrical, and most other moving parts. lot of other things have some sort of motor or wheels or nuts and bolts. cars and equipment are a great gateway to mastery of random shit
@@iceflameproductionz Even fixing computers teaches you about logical troubleshooting which can transfer to fixing cars or anything else, or getting to the bottom of problems and figuring out likely solutions in a more efficient way.
Hahaha. So funny
I'm pretty sure he meant skills
As an art & design major, I've been told to develop fundamentals and pick up skills later.
This is what college professors and the curriculum taught me but I was stomped when I got out of college.
All the kids who focused on skills got their jobs early and I was sitting alone blaming myself for not being better and despising my college experience.
I was forced to beat my head against the wall for an entire year reflecting my future goals.
So, fast forward to ten years later, it turns out--they weren't wrong after all.
After an entire year, sitting alone reflecting upon reflecting, I found my direction and went all in. I may have started my career much later and worked without a payroll, I now have a better resume/portfolio than most of my colleagues. Most gave up their profession, or the ones who got their jobs early are stuck in a career doom loop.
If they wanted to escape the doom loop, they would have to go through the same process that I put to myself which expended 4~5 years of my 20s. And that kind of time investment is very risky when they have a life chained by their payroll.
Along the path I have taken, I have picked up few interesting facts (assuming you are doing the best and putting up the best attitude).
1. Skills can be learned as you go, and skills matter less as you rise up the positions.
1.2. Learn to read macro trends from micro trends from observation, not information(news media).
1.3. People with fundamentals last longer in the industry than people with skills.
2. Gift yourself a time to self-reflect. This is the most precious gift you will ever appreciate in the long run.
2.2. After self-reflection and when you finally decide a path and go all in. You will become passionate and crazy.
2.3. Crazy means two thing, you are delusional or dreaming. You should be delusional and dreaming.
2.4. Preach your path to others and learn to take critiques. It's important to meet new people and preach your path.
2.5. There will be a threshold point where people can no longer critique you because you literally developed so much knowledge about your path that only a handful of expert might shed a light on you. This is the point where being called crazy actually feels worthy about yourself and extremely satisfying.
3. There is a clear difference between enthusiastic and passionate. The majority of people think they are passionate but they are actually just enthusiastic.
3.1. If you are passionate, you actually resonate a scent that only self-made successful people can smell. I'm not lying. They know.
3.2. To be passionate is to convince your mind, what you want to do means more than you, your friends and family and your future.
3.3. It is like--trading your soul to a demon for a wish. Just that the demon is your mind, and your soul is you, friends and family. So, you are willing to sacrifice everything for something.
4. Learn to create a mirror of yourself in your mind and image train. It's a way to be ready to snatch rare opportunities. And these rare opportunities only happen if you keep meeting new people and preaching your path.
Your 20s should be about setting up the direction of your life not trying to build careers and earn money.
Thx for the detailed comment
Love it!
Thanks
I'm still here stuck. Doesn't know what to do with my life because I'm not passionate about anything...
This advice is not only for high school/college age kids, but for everyone who’s trying to pivot and broaden their field. Really great advice.
Exactly. Anyone…late specializers, or those expanding their “range” waiting to develop skill in a certain niche.
The strategy Bret referenced here about learning combinations of things is known as Talent Stacking and it's incredibly useful.
Brilliant! Thank you Sir for allowing us to become familiar with a term. Surprisingly, you're the first person I'm hearing it from, and not a single startup, founder, recruiter etc. Where did you come across it?
@@sztypettto I believe, and I could be wrong, that I read it first in the book So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport. But the actual phrase was coined by Dilbert creator Scott Adams.
@@tmanley1985 , much love and respect.
Bret described exactly what my son has done. This summer is the culmination of several years of intersecting programming, hardware design & fabrication, accounting software tools, 3-D custom designs and a knowledge of retail logistics. Fortune 500 companies with names everyone would recognize are lining up to get his system installed in their warehouses. With this varied background he's designed a customizable solution that major online retailers need for their warehouses in the post-Covid online ordering world. With one exception --- he did all this with only 1 yr in academic electrical engineering. No undergrad and certainly no graduate or post-grad work. The big challenge--- after you've gathered your tools--- is describing your skills/education on a standard resume. Headhunters don't typically have the level of imagination necessary to help inventor-type engineers in the main. They stick primarily to your standard issue "professional development" and certifications to demonstrate a person's perceived value. That leaves the person who is adept at thinking-outside-the-box... well ... it leaves them outside the box!
That's very impressive. Thank you for sharing.
I just feel good witnessing this gen-to-gen support, growth and progress to - _solutions_ (!)
thanks for sharing!!!
Your son will go very far in life. He is super lucky to have a wonderful mother like you.
@@Tom_Samad thank you. Yes, I think he will continue to amaze me :)
YES; Invest in tools. Here's an idea I've been thinking about for years; The next home improvement trend might be converting unused garage, attic and basement space for use in aquaculture micro-farming that's completely automated with controller boards like Arduino. In the near future there may not be any jobs outside the home and need for manufactured goods may be replaced by easy access to handmade items produced in the neighbor's garage. That would truly be a transition from globalism to localism.
check!! great idea!!!
Localism? Is that a thing? A movement or a political standpoint?
Please elaborate.
Yes I like this idea because this would also encourage recycling/ fixing because people would know who would be able to fix/ upcycle broken items into useful things, however the sun is the cheapest energy source currently so using food growing greenhouses in unused areas like rooftops would be sufficient in growing food locally without using huge amounts of energy, unlike growing indoors. in cold regions that have some sunlight, compost heated greenhouses doubly insulated could produce food as well imo
@@mRGuitarShow1 Sure thing Moses, I understand that adding an -ism to words oftentimes distorts a message, so further elaboration is warranted. In the context of economic market activity; Resources, Manufacturing, Labor and the subsequent transactions involved would essentially occur within a small geographic location. That means as compared to globalism it's exactly the same but totally different, kind of like shopping at the supermarket compared to the farmers market on Saturday mornings. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to elaborate.
@@gcod3d161 You mention compost heating. I live in a four season area and think about how all the leaves that fall from the trees by the end of October can be piled up on thermal transfer hoses and used to heat homes directly. The village I grew up in is populated by giant oak trees that are about 350 years old and the municipality collects leaves curbside using two front-end loaders, a hay baler and a caravan of dump trucks. Converting all the homes to compost heating would make a huge impact on carbon emissions.
I'm a coder but my main focus is to improve my skill of learning fast and solving problems efficiently. I think that regardless of what trends becomes hot in the future in this way I'm well-equipped
I've tried to do this, but unfortunately, pre-requisites are enforced by computers now. This is aggravating since most of the pre-requisites for the interesting courses one might want to take that are tangential to (in my case, engineering) can be learned through self-study and a good background in math/physics/chemistry in a week or two. Taking the pre-requisites ends up being such a slog and time waster and prevents you from taking as many interesting classes as you would like.
There could be a waiver form or talk to the professor. I've done it. Though every school is different. You could also take it as an audit.
yea some pre reqs are just money generating time wasters
@@Aquamayne100 came here to say exactly this. Some of the course structure isnt there to teach you its there to generate revenue.
So engage in self-study
I have been working in the computer industry in many different roles for 35 years and my advice; do not waste your time with College, there are plenty of free or cheap resources online to self-learn; then create a project showing what you have learned and can do and use it to get the job. There's also plenty of certifications that are much more valuable in the industry than a computer degree. Just decide in what city or area you want to work, check what skills are in demand on job search websites in that area and go for those certifications.
Investing in tools are an investment in knowledge. As an equipment designer and fabricator every tool in the shop has a knowledge base and knowdge base that will relate to the knowledge base of other things. An example of this is a bandsaw. People have dedicated large portions of their life learning the best way to use it. The hardness of material interactions with the saw tooth geometry, the blade speed, pressure, and blade attack angle all should be understood. A simple bandaw is a deep rabbit hole. Each tool is a method of knowledge. Shopcraft is soulcraft.
I'm well rounded in terms of experience and knowloedge therefor in group situations or workplaces I can feel/see out the middle ground or "Works for everyone" types of ideas.
The thing I like most about this podcast is that you can feel Lex actually THINKING about what he is saying. He his so deliberate but also willing to expose himself to being disagreed with. These are the kind of people we need right now. Thank you Lex! Also this segment is great.
Weird. Im a computer programmer and I do carpentry in my spare time.
Still havnt found how to meld them (other than the cnc)
Maybe using arduino with some tool you could program some carpentry task to automate it? Idk that's the first thing that came to my mind when he mentioned it
Carpentry design software?
You sound similar to my son (age 48). Bret & Lex made the case for exactly what my son has done. But he created his current job inside a startup by combining his love for programming and carpentry/inventing things. With his previous employer they created a new position for him and called it "Office of Creativity". (It was a tech startup, later acquired by Oracle.) He had less than 1 year of electrical engineering at a community college but an insatiable drive to learn without taking formal classes. He was fortunate enough to find a PhD-level mentor who guided his self-taught (non-college) explorations. Fast forward 10 years and he's managing the development and installation of logistic hardware and software systems for Fortune 500 company warehouses. Systems that he himself created and now delivers. And absolutely loving it. Requires massive action taking and an ability to create the boxes outside of which to think! :) His big challenge is that he feels like the proverbial jack-of-all-trades... an inventor He has never applied for a job--- its always been by networking that he gets recommended and the he gets to pitch himself in person. Headhunters seem to have no clue how to collate his disparate knowledge bases and skills. THat's the BIG challenge for living out the ideal that Brett describes here.
You know how to build things. That mindset can be applied to anything, from the law to subsistence in the woods. You can literally think solutions to any problems.
You have the perfect skill combination. The building industry will soon be robotic either within a factory or onsite. This channel shows one way that is becoming regulated as a legitimate building process. czcams.com/channels/qjRIH8FlI9jpTy74hv-r8w.html There are some Swiss researches that are using fabric that is then coated with cement that you can look into too if you are interested. If you are young and want to stay in the building industry you will need to get learn and adapt to the changes that are coming.
Okay, I'm heading to Harbor Freight right now.
investing in harbor frieght = stonks
So, basically become a real-life Dr. Stone
I've always liked Craftsman or Snapon. They have been a great investment. That's what they mean, right?
James Joyce is awesome. He who doesn’t understand arts comes to hate art - Buckowski
Advanced upper level courses are DEFINITELY easier than intro courses. This is the one piece of advice that I wish someone would have told me when I was starting college. Hang in there..
Wish I'd had this excellent advice 24 yes ago. Wish I'd had any qualified advice actually. Had a plan, got advised "pressured" into going to Uni and wasted 3 yrs flunked out. Went to work and got back on the plan and got the career I'd wanted but missed out on qualifying as an electrician. Now at 42 I'm an amateur blacksmith and have spent the past yr an a half, on my time off, building and physically working on our family home, a Passive House. It has challenged me beyond my limits but nearly there. We will be in in two weeks and then I have a lot of building to do, root cellar, smoke house, greenhouse and garden etc. I work for the State where I live. Invest in actual tools, grow and preserve your own food. Hard times are coming.
Really enjoyed this! I think this is excellent advice.
Goes along well with "don't be afraid to fail", because you don't know what you're good at if you've never tried it.
learn tools that can be applied to many fields - learn rare combination of tools (even if each tool alone is common), which sets you apart from the crowded competition.
This reminds me of Naval Ravikant's saying: "Become the best in the world at what you do. Keep redefining what you do until this is true."
this was one of you best, Lex! I listened to the entire long form discuss. thank you
"The one thing that we can say for certain about the future is that it is uncertain. So prepare for it " @2:52
I find myself unable to agree or disagree with what he's saying, which makes me think he was asked the wrong question by all those students -- "what SHOULD I do?" As soon as you frame it that way, you're defining your happiness by what some composite character, Mr. Investor (or Mr. Parent, or Mr. Them), thinks, at this particular moment. Do what you love doing as long as it creates something. Worry about monetizing later. If you love javascripting, do it and enjoy your life. If you have to change later, no problem -- you spent all those years doing what you loved, rather than looking back on those years as going through the motions. He's right in that no one really knows what we'll need in 5 years, let alone 20. One thing we WON'T need is unhappy people
This is one of the most rational and, as a consequence, rare piece of advice I have heard. Combination of tools produce a unique space which you can inhabit and make a living from. Thank you.
Learn how to learn. As far as being prepared goes, it's the best advice I've found, so far.
It seems similar to what Bret is getting at, as well.
If you develop a flexible mind and critical thinking skills, you have a much better chance of navigating uncharted waters.
HA! I totally ignored the pre-req for my current profession because it was a sequential course and I missed the first semester of it as it didn't fit my schedule. The first day my professor looked over everyone and stated that you have to take XYZ class and, if anyone did not, they would have to stay behind and speak with him. So the class was available as an elective for non-majors but, if you were majoring in that field, you had to take a certain classes in sequential order. I said to him that I found out about this class late and I believe that I could handle the course load -here are some works I did in other classes. He looked it over and said I believe you can do well. I will let you in if you take the required class the following semester. About a quarter of the class dropped out after a week and by the end of the semester there were 10 students left in the class. I did better than most ppl in the course (I think the top two as far as the projects goes) and I didn't even know what I was doing nor did I have any software knowledge at the time. I didn't even own a computer! LOL. I always said that I only have one good skill in life and that's my ability to learn fast. LOL. Sink or swim. The best "tool" one can have.
Thank you for this section on tools I have give this advice to people in a more basic way I would simple ask people do you know how to collect water in the bush
*tool*
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plural noun: tools
1. a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.
2. a distinct design in the tooling of a book.
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*Tool:*
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Example sentence: _gardening tools_
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Tools like what? Would this include practical degrees like STEM fields?
I agree so much with his words on pre req classes
Build skill stacks, just like what scott adams recommend. They might not look connected with each other, but in combination they might oprn opportunities. Unique combinations, unique opportunities
@lex thank you for those short clips !
In my field, there are many front end digital IC designers, fewer back end digital IC designers, even fewer analog IC designers. But a person who can do all three is worth their weight in gold. Whenever I talk with students, I suggest they don't just specialize in digital or analog design, do both. You may not be the best analog nor the best digital designer, but being able to do both is a HUGE advantage, and we can always hire more specialists, who are not as valuable as you are and you can tell them what to do.
nice!
yep, pre-recs are inforced, in Florida anyway.
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What I get out of this convo is that learning stuff is good, me learn more, and me possibly better prepared for anything.
reading this comment back seems a little condescending, no insult intended, great convo! ✊🏾 ❤️ 💎
Best pre web grassroots print link source ever was the "Whole Earth Catalog - Access to Tools".
Similar to article from a Michael Simmons about innovation these days coming from combining different fields of study
I am a PhD student working on the theory of machine learning and sometimes I think what I am working on is useless, can you please explain how studying theoretical computer science changed your perspective?
Hey, does it really feel useless?
I did BTECH, and had 2 theoretical classes on AI and ML. And when I got a job as Junior ML engineer, those two courses had literally nothing to do with my work. It was completely useless.
But I want to pursue higher education, do you think it might be different in other colleges?
Ok so,I started learning programming (python)last year,and I would say that I am over the beginner level.I started learning ML and about QC.I am kinda lost.
I don't think that I really enjoy setting for long hours coding,but I love the field.
I don't know if I have to continue learning programming or if I have to learn about other things in the field of CS.
Gotcha. Just bought my fully equipped Facom toolbox. I'm ready to go buddy
I was not convince when I saw the title but what he said about combination of different fields never associates, I was listening
Brett is a BRAVE guy… 👍🏼
Lol. Learned about James Joyce in Uni. Practically speaking, yeah, that could have been a quick Google search instead, but in terms of nostalgia, life experience and the addressing of the soul, I'm glad that happened.
I started as a carpenter, work as a lawyer and right now I'm studying computer science.
I think I'm in a good path. ^^
Weird they dont talk about growing food, hunting, self sufficiency
Not doable if you live in an urban area.
First of all, those things aren't hard, a normal IQ person could learn most of that in a few weekend retreats. What you really need to know in a world collapsing is how to build, create power, communication, things of true value to society. Building a basic hut in the woods, making fire, cleaning a fish, creating snares is all much easier than rural folks make it sound. Don't learn to survive, learn to thrive.
@@Rob-ue6ij so in a world collapsing situation you wish to recreate/preserve all the things that have aided in said collapse? Except for carpentry you can leave all this new world tech behind for all i care. More bad than good if you ask me.
Also i dont know the tv/nature ratio your life experience has given you but none of the things i listed could be learned in a few weekend “retreats”. That sounds like something someone who has lived in an apartment their entire life would say. Basics of hunting... maybe. True self sufficiency meaning you dont rely on walmart for ANY meals, dont rely on anyone for power or water, is not something that can even be taught. Most of the population wouldnt survive 2 weeks of true self sufficiency. And dont even get me started on self sustaining agricultural practice because you could learn about that for a life time and still not know it all. What a bone headed statement
@@Rob-ue6ij I think you're advocating for skills applicable in a world that doesn't collapse per se but goes through political and economic upheavals. Hunting and fishing are the things to learn if we expect to have a mad max style collapse.
@@Kitten_Stomper everything is do able. Even if you live in an apartment you could start an indoor garden with LED lights and produce a lot of food for yourself. Or on the balcony. Just gotta be creative and resourceful.
Concepts over facts..principles over specific tools.
This was a great interview Lex! I also took a course in theoretical computing and lots of math courses and I just felt that math had advanced beyond what it was being used for 10 years ago… then I discovered Etherium and was am still amazed by it
decentralised protocols are generally awesome, they're like a combination of the coolest parts of engineering and theoretical computer science all bundled into the same field.
my Uber driver also discovered Etherium and doge coin, in the future we will all be trillionaires and won't have to work. I already know what island I want to buy.
I’m 27 years old. Am I still “young enough” for all this advice?
Absolutely. I started electrical engineering at 27, graduated top of my class at 31 years old. Worked for 7 years in the industry, now learning full stack development. You can start anytime.
I am 40 this sept... started combining impossible three years ago. It is doable.
If you’re saying something as dumb as this… then maybe not. You may be too old to teach new tricks.
I taught myself to code at 31, never looked back
@@blaeks 'started combining impossible' I'm curious, is that jargon for something?
This is one of my favorite answers, yet.
I just watched the Rob Reid advice video and I find this very similar! And I like that.
Not trying to be off the main topic but, as a software engineer who has co-founded a company once, more plausible combination is Computer Programming plus Business skill instead of a Carpentry. There is actually a high-paying job called Technical Product Manager as a breed of those two combinations if you know how to code, and to communicate what you code to people
Yes my first year in university was a bit overwhelming and difficult, but it mostly got easier after that lol
I'd say simply: live and learn. Experience what you can, learn what you can, stay open, be curious, but live life too. It's not all about purpose and competition. For all you know, the change that is coming, the unpredictability Bret is talking about, will render jobs, and the intransigent accountability you must have on performing a specific task, obselete anyway.
So enjoy what you can, live, through the highs the lows of your emotions, and learn anything you want for anything you're passionate about. Life then becomes unpredictable and enjoyable, it becomes life. And the accountability will become intertwined with the enjoyment.
What if you're not passionate about anything?
@@frog6054 Passion can be developed. You have to try things to know. Your brain can't simply guess what it likes until you "taste" a bit of it. So try a few things would be my best guess. I mean I'm no expert, but it would be strange to have a body that was born that did not find joy in anything. It can be a simple task or something more complicated. Perhaps it's helping people out. Human connection, or maybe travelling. Try video games, making videos, playing music, supporting someone else's dream maybe if you don't feel like you can create your own. There's so much to try, you just need to realise there's no magical solution, you can't magically feel like doing stuff till you try. So go out and try stuff till you find something worth living for! :)
It will never be easy, but if you have purpose, perhaps it will be easiER. I wish you the best of the best.
I'm a tailor by choice. I am also interested in pursuing metal-woodwork furniture
you're also talking of first principles. principles that work across fields are the meta-tools you need to repurpose any knowledge. this will also combine the knowledge from various fields and actually create a diverse perspective, by using the perspectives gained from each field as tools. interesting stuff guys, as always
My plan is to go to graduate school for Psychotherapy and Counselling so I can become a psychotherapist and help others who have gone through difficult times in their youth
Cool. That is a very noble aspiration.
Sounds cool, what’s the pre req for that ?
Like naval says "specific knowledge"
I'm at UT, Austin, and we don't enforce prereques in the math department and its great
The future is unpredictable but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make wise gambles.
I think becoming competent with using digital technology and analyzing data won’t become useless anytime soon. It might not distinguish you like it once did, but companies and clients will value people who can drive insights by using technology effectively.
So, yes, learn to code. Learn how to find and gather data, wrangle and clean it properly, manipulate it with code, analyze it well, and present your findings effectively. These skills will help you in any area you’re interested in going into.
I heavily disagree with this. Tools mean almost nothing without the context knowledge provides. Tools are just tools.
Tools= tools and knowledge. Knowledge=knowledge
@Steve Zubrowski yeah I agree with what you say. You are not going to code, for example, a physics engine without knowledge of physics, calc, and some lin alg. It just won't happen.
@Steve Zubrowski I think he meant to focus on application of a technology and not theoretical knowledge. When you know how to apply something you can tweak some of it to apply in other areas.
@Steve Zubrowski Engineering is a tool about how to think analytically and solve problems, not knowledge. Knowledge is acquired constantly and perpetually as new challenges and opportunities present themselves. For example, Lex can apply his engineering tools in fields outside of his knowledge of robotics.
Knowledge is acquired daily and perpetually as new challenges and opportunities present themselves throughout your life. Those who invest only in knowledge during their formal education, filling their heads with only facts, become obsolete as the world evolves and changes. Those with tools can adapt and add value regardless of which way things play out.
speaking from personal experience, going to grad school is perhaps the single most valuable investment anyone can do for their future, however, the catch is selecting the right degree (most bang for your bucks, no history majors please) and doing it earlier in your life (ideally right after undergrad). you will have a higher starting salary and will always be front of the line because of higher credentials. Don't go for Ph.D.'s though, mainly due to diminishing return of investment.
i want to travel around the world and play music and learn about them. but i can work as well. my current wish
Lol! Knowledge guys talking about tools being more important… talking heads.
i hate that prereqs are now enforced by computers. I use to take what ever I wanted
was deciding to watch a music playlist or this, picked this, damn i am old
Beautiful pieces of advice
Tools evolve. Knowledge is power.
Hey Lex is Brett using the term “tools” as an analog to skills? Meta skills are indeed transferable and highly valuable in the past, now and in many imaginable future worlds.
100% agree about the school requirements, when i got past required classes everything became a project
Is a phd worth it now
Great Show and Advice
Got into carpentry about a year ago, wish I had “invested” time/money,etc. several years before. Rewarding work, pays well, work outside, and along the way you pick up skills, once proficient, that will allow you to fix/build on your own rather than gut your wallet... 🤷♂️🤙
combination of disciplines is smart move
I would sum that up as „abstract thinking“
If your interested in this approach, read Arthur Koestler’s “Insight and Outlook.” You’re welcome.
If i can add anything that would be this: be the best at average things like if you’re good at detailing cars be the best at that specific easy and normal skill.
The best goddamn channel on youtube
This is exactly what Rob Reid said in the podcast before this interestingly enough. Noticing a pattern here. Really good advice.
Lucky 707 freeway in Dyes Texas where Charlton Hestons 77th was out of as well as Babbitt. 77 being JarJar Binks in hieroglyph but hey.
@ 𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬. ☑️ Binks is a stand. Jarstand is the G-7 in hieroglyph. The letters of which persons name do you think = 201 since they used Event 201 simulation? If you like Star Trek especially I can point to a ton of stuff which in totality especially just as history it is an unnatural pattern or what I call the tulip scene of FringE. From what I understand the probability of this being a simulation is the lean... But wait it's telling that no one here talks about how you really know which is to look at history itself is their a mold over it an unnatural pattern in totality especially if you look at our names/designations as well as key dates like Shatner born 3/22 whose name means to be an actor from the 201 what is he known for Kirk who is born when yup 3/22 & when did he die... Same with Spock data & the term Vulcan which means to be 322 but that term is more specific functionally if you know the origin of the letters which is why Q is used in Star Trek & governments relating very specifically to the Gates family line which should be read right to left as SET_Q. If you saw the Snowden interview on Rogan I think hr. 1:57 there is a part where he says he went to get his top secret clearance but after that they sent him to an even more secret facility called the Hill. Q is the Hill in hieroglyph hence the pyramid stuff or why 88 is used same thing just a different way of saying to tamper with infinity is to ILL it just like how HELL is forever was or no choice which NEO knew in that movie though they are just copying & mocking me or others if there are any like me which is doubtful, very doubtful. Gate_keeper_s also named for Gates & also the S=AI=artificial agenda or the Aschen Agenda of StarGate episode 2001 you'd love it & recognize the certain people causing issues in the middle east which they are surely pointing to in great detail. As I said 2001 was a dedication to Space Odyssey but that 2001 is also how they say 201 or TA is used most of all to represent that if you're talking letters hence Shatner/Gates & especially 9/11/2001 which means 911=help but then 2001 or other way AT the U-21 it means to make help harm. Ordo ab chao the motto that WestWorld used last season dedicating it to The Cage & in the series which started 3/15 they had two simulations running the ordo & chao followed by a reSET an again SET. SET is the AI agenda the transhuman Gray blood of Star Treks Borg their crap. Vinton Gray Cerf another CV=Crown Virus/skull & bones 322 name. An anti OS_IRIS meaning god rainbow or what Microsoft symbol means that the division of color is how they maintain control by keeping everything gray by hiding D_ATA which of course is the undoing of the Borg. This place like a broken simulation prison it's ridiculous on purpose just like what Q does in Star Trek watch it again then check him out this season on Picard as I manifested it special to wrap this up before 2023 since that' how this Clown World works right? Sorry you have no idea what it's like not being able to build because your ideas would just be used to hit you in the back of the head.
@ 𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬. ☑️ Yes that is set against the SETAG family line. What event do you get when you add the letters of his male line William Henry Gates.....? 201 & in Hebrew 1725 just like the street Buffett's home is on all designations in reference to those that would curse my archetype the original view lets say the truth. Time will tell it always does. OC~~~
This is the best and the very precise advice.
Great advice
I've worked in both electronics and informatics because of that. Now I'm professional in both
Great piece of advice... I will save this for my kids.
In the 70s show, the dad thought soldering and not COMPUTERS would be the future.
People that go towards technical diplomas and handy labour still make more money than most undergraduates and with no debt, so he was right
And he was right. We have reached a point that skilled labor is hard to find. Being a Master plumber and licensed HVACR tech… I find it nearly impossible to find good a good motivated mind with skills to do the job. Like.. none.
But I can find 10,000 people to make me a website or a business logo etc etc
@@nsboost what is the pay for master plumbers and HVACR techs now?
@@rujotheone that’s highly dependent on your location. Buddy makes $48/h in Washington. In Wyoming I made $35/h
Optionality is everything
Well that is actually one of the ground principle in parenthood, that you should have a high level of different, pragmatic and usefull tools, luckyly you could combine a few of them.
- if you have a hammer 🔨 every problem is a nail.
Example sometime when I checked stuff at work I used the image flickering that astronomers use to spot comets (yhee I took a useless astronomy corse).
One of best advice ever, wow thx i apreciate it
Knowledge is what make tools efficient in their work.
So, I hugely disagree with you on that. Without knowledge, I wont have my current job, otherwise the most average Joe could do it, and this advice will make sense to me.
You may want to read the title again. You are right in the long run, holistically. But getting a degree in history won't fatten your bank account, vitally important during one's 20s. If you haven't had an illustrious career and made bank during your 20s. You're screwed for life.
On the other hand, that history class is what's going to save your 30s, 40s, 50s and enable you to build your legacy, than squandering your earnings at a weekend in Vegas, and not learning from history.
I see lex with code on his thumbnail now I am here.
So true. Brilliant advice
You will be able to buy food etc the moment you start and finish a job with your Craft.
Great advice!
Wish I knew this 15 years ago
You know it now though soooo
Tell it to the 15 years later of yourself and start making moves. It’s the god damn day!
better late than never
i bought a stick welder and taught myself basic welding. I bought a tractor and taught myself how to run a loader and stick shift and now do logging and fix driveways. I bought tools and they taught me how to use them. when my girlfriend was going to college I told her the best thing college has to offer is all that high tech shit (in her field). I had to explain that its rare to get access to such expensive things. most kids my age dont have the opportunity to weld or run heavy equipment. they get stuck doing labor or maybe they do operate the equipment but it takes years before they get to run it a lot or without supervision. Buying random shit and using it all the time taught me everything i know. which isnt much but more than before lol
CAD/CAM, Journalism, Languages and metal smithing :) has anyone read the book Impact Equation? or the Medici Effect: what elephants and epidemics can teach us about innovation
Combine tools and knowledge of different subjects which brings greater understanding of how you view the world.
Without tools you are subject to the rules if those who have tools.
Favorite channels: Lex, Real Vision, Dark Horse, the Portal, Vice Grip Garage.