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Hello everyone, I am Anthony
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Welcome to my channel
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Today's video
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Let's start a new series
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How to learn and read
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This is our channel.
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Many netizens are concerned about
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I often receive private messages from some netizens.
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Just ask me Anthony
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How do you study and read?
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Why is the knowledge so broad?
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What major are you studying?
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That in this series
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I'll have a chat
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My concept of efficient learning
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We also criticize those who have a bad view of learning.
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About this topic
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There are various articles in society that teach people how to learn.
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Videos, books
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I have a different philosophy from most authors.
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Whether you are a self-learner
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Still want to raise your children
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I believe after watching this video
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You will have a new perspective and understanding on learning
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Those who have watched previous programs should remember
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In the video on July 7 about enduring hardship
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We criticized the mainstream learning concept in Chinese society.
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That is suffering
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At that time we said
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Chinese people have always attached great importance to education and learning.
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But this tradition
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Will always bear
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or endure great physical or mental pain
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Seen as the key to learning ability
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There are many proverbs and poems in China that emphasize this point.
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For example, "The sea of learning is endless and the journey is hard"
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"Without a bitter cold
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How can the plum blossoms smell so fragrant?
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"When you are young, you don't know how to study hard.
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"I regret not studying late when I am old" etc.
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Through the analysis of celebrities such as Su Qin and Kuang Heng
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This learning concept based on hard work
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The reason why it has been popular in Chinese history
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It's actually a choice without a choice
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The parties involved are motivated by some lack of motivation
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Only those who study hard
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Like a strong sense of shame
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Or physical deficiency
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This kind of learning is also completely utilitarian and instrumental
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And their learning methods
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It is mainly based on rote memorization,
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Passive acceptance
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The elements of debate, reasoning and reflection are very low
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This is my hidden assumption:
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In an ideal learning state
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People should feel happy
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And this happiness is mainly pure and self-sufficient
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The "pure, self-sufficient"
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Refers to the individual's learning being self-driven
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Self-satisfied
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It is first of all to satisfy one's spiritual needs
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For example, the universe and nature
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Human Society
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and the inner world of curiosity and desire for knowledge
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Therefore, his evaluation of his learning effect
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First of all, it depends on the degree of expansion of your own mind.
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Rather than external evaluation criteria
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Ideal learning motivation
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First of all, it should not be for the purpose of satisfying survival needs.
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Like making a living
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It shouldn't be to cater to the will of others.
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and expectations
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Here we need to distinguish between passive pandering and equal recognition.
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Gain appreciation and acceptance of feedback from others
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It is absolutely necessary for the learning process
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But it’s an equal relationship
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Not passive compliance
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Of course, it is impossible for people to live in an ideal world.
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People in reality
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Inevitably, we are under various pressures
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and external interference
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And many people's learning ability
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In fact, they have been badly educated in advance.
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It was destroyed.
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Realizing the ideal state
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And pursue this ideal as much as possible
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Still meaningful
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However, that video did not provide any systematic evidence.
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Why learning can be spontaneous and joyful
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This ideal learning
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Is it feasible in reality?
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And how to operate
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That’s what we’re going to explore in this series.
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The essence of learning is actually the connection of nerves
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The human nervous system can be divided into two main parts
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central nervous system
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and peripheral nervous system
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The central nervous system is the body's decision maker
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Consists of the brain and spinal cord
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It is highly plastic
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This plasticity contains the most precious potential of human beings
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Intrinsic drive to learn
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The human brain
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Natural desire to accept new information and knowledge
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And it can release dopamine
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To motivate and reinforce learning
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This is the biological basis of the learn drive
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Toddlers instinctively explore objects around them
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I will try to use my fingers,
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Mouth or body to perceive the world
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Their sensory and motor cortices were activated
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Neural networks are constantly reorganizing
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Forming new learning and memory pathways
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This ultimately forms their cognitive framework for the world.
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It’s a wonderful process full of spontaneity.
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By touching, trying and observing
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A toddler's brain is constantly integrating information from different senses
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Their brains respond by releasing dopamine
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To reward this spontaneous exploration
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In an environment without distractions and with rich elements
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Toddlers can play all day long
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They don't need external rewards and evaluation
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Exploration is fun in itself
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This kind of independent exploration and learning
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It is rooted in human nature
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In an ideal situation
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This can form a positive feedback loop
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That is, individuals learn and explore
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Gained happiness and a sense of accomplishment
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This learning, in turn, makes neural circuits more efficient
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Reduced cognitive load
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Make the following study easier and more enjoyable
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This interest will expand and migrate to a wider range of areas
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Become a person's motivation for lifelong learning
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Therefore, fundamentally
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Everyone’s nature is to love learning and exploring
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The positive feedback mechanism of learning drive
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It can be compared to a chain reaction in physics.
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In a chain reaction
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Each time a nuclear fission occurs, more neutrons are released.
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Triggering the next round of fission reaction
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Chain reactions require a constant supply of fuel to sustain the reaction.
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Need a constant supply of fresh information and rich materials
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Keep your brain active and stimulated
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This can be said
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It is a person's most precious and greatest mental ability.
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Many people think that human nature is lazy.
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Need to be whipped and pushed to actively learn
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Only then can we get out of our comfort zone and information cocoon
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I think this idea is completely wrong
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Because most people define learning too narrowly.
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I think that only by doing things that are in line with the public
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Think of it as learning
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It is considered learning
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You must finish the homework assigned by the teacher before 12 o'clock
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It's called learning
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With this idea
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Of course, I think "human nature is lazy"
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If we look at it purely from the perspective of the parties involved
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You will realize
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People are actually always interested and curious.
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Actively sensing and learning
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It's just what he's most interested in.
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Maybe it seems to you that this is not a proper job.
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Informal, meaningless
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But you still can't deny that he is still learning
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This requires educators
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First, there is this kind of prior belief in others.
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You only have this belief
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Discover the potential of others
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Let me say one more thing here.
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When we talk about people having potential
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There is no need to be urged
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Someone might say
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Can you prove a math problem like
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Prove it to me
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If you can't prove
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I just can't believe it
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All I can say is
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This proposition involves human nature and spirit
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It is impossible to do it like natural science
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Can be determined only by external observation and logical reasoning
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It involves personal subjective experience
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People define themselves in their actions
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You only need to believe in advance and take the initiative to practice
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To confirm this
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It does not need to be fully confirmed in reality.
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To be truthful
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Because belief itself is part of reality
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And it is a reality that can create reality
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Of course, this topic is far away
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Let’s get back to our topic
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Although we say
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Everyone has this natural drive to learn.
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But in the process of growing up
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There are too many factors
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This leads to the suppression and destruction of this learning drive.
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First learn the growth and development of intrinsic motivation
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Highly dependent on a rich environment
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If a person is in a boring
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Lack of stimulating environment
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This desire to explore is easily extinguished.
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Schools and Families in China
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Often suppress this spontaneous vitality
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and the ability to endure boredom
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The child is said to be very sensible and obedient
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Can sit still and concentrate
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We talked about this in our June 7 video:
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In an average Chinese family
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Parents often like those who are quiet
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Well-behaved child
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And praised them for being mature and stable
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He is like an adult at a young age
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For example, many Chinese children
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I like to lie on the sofa and watch TV at home.
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Then the parents will come over.
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Ask them to sit upright
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It is said that a person should sit properly.
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In the past, in the mall
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I saw a child
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Excitedly playing with a set of exquisite toys
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As a result, his mother came over and kept reminding him
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This shouldn't be played like this
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It should be played like that
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Finally, the mother squatted down and took the toy in her hand.
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Demonstrate it to your children
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Then the child became completely silent.
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The excitement I had before was completely gone.
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Human imagination and curiosity are very valuable.
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If you don't get feedback for a long time, it will go out.
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This long-term restraint and discipline in early life
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Many Chinese
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Showing a mature temperament
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More importantly
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The occurrence of learn drive
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Need to be in a stress-free state
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Most people understand learning
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How to complete the specified task within the limited time
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This task-enhancing capability
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Cha Cha and the real learn drive
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It goes against the grain
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For example, procrastinating until the last minute before the deadline to complete the assignment.
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Even stayed up all night to prepare for the exam
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These learning tasks
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They are all oriented towards clear short-term goals.
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It strengthens
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It is precisely short-term memory
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and the desire for huge returns in the short term
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But it just destroys the long-term
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Stable and autonomous learning drive
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Under study pressure
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People's short-term memory will be enhanced
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However, this memory is easily lost after completing the task.
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Quickly forgotten
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Because of the lack of context and multiple reinforcement
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Examinations as a powerful external feedback
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It destroys the mechanism by which individuals build internal feedback.
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Students learned a
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Sprint learning mode under pressure
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This learning mode
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Mainly activated
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It is the brain's test positive network
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TPN can mobilize people's attention
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Focus on external stimuli and specific goals
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Facilitates individuals to solve external tasks quickly and efficiently
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TPN focuses on external issues
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When it comes to long-term inner growth and wisdom
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Playing a leading role
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default mode network
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DMN needs to be stress-free
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To be activated
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In a relaxed state
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DMN makes it easier for people to think spontaneously
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and creative associations
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More inclined to focus on inner experience
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For example, self-awareness affects one's psychological state
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Introspection
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Integrate memories, experiences, etc.
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These activities are the core functions of the DMN
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That is, when there is no clear mission
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Will engage in erratic free association
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Integrate seemingly unrelated information
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Generate new ideas and concepts
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This doesn't seem to produce immediate results.
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But it involves a more advanced way of thinking.
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This is actually a reference to Aristotle's famous saying
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“Leisure brings wisdom”
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An empirical evidence
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It can also be proved
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Why do those who are driven by scarcity and fear
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Often lacks mature self-awareness
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So in my opinion
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The key to learning can be summarized as wild growth
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Savage means breaking all restraints
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Just for your own satisfaction
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All learning conditions, learning resources, and learning environment
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The standard is whether it is conducive to wild growth.
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As long as individuals can continue to generate spontaneous interests,
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Curiosity and desire to explore
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On the other hand
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All inhibitions, interruptions,
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Factors that hinder the continuous expansion of people's spontaneous interests
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All need to be improved
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For example, we know
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People naturally prefer fresh and rich stimulation
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Tired of poverty and boredom
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However, if people stay in boring, monotonous,
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In a closed environment
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Instead, it may be due to learned helplessness
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And gradually got used to boredom
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Even become afraid
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A typical example of this is
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Many Chinese high school students
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After entering university
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Although there is no rigid restraint like in high school
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But they will repeat their high school life
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Do the questions without reflection, and the test score will be
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Even though I don’t know what I really want to do
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But when you are confused, go to the test point
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It's better than not rolling and falling behind.
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This does seem like a rational strategy.
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But it is also short-sighted.
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Wrapped in fear
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The parties make short-term rational choices
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In the long run
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It is very irrational.
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In this educational system
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Many people have lost
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The drive and patience to explore your own interests
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Even afraid of openness and freedom
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Longing to return to that
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In a system where the self is completely regulated and constrained
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This is indeed a pity.
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This requires educators
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Maintain a highly flexible and dynamic learning philosophy
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Constantly starting from the perspective of the learner’s mind
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Adjust your definition and understanding of learning
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This process
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Also inevitably
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Accompanied by challenges and doubts about mainstream learning concepts
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Many people may say
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I hope my children can learn some more advanced
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Deeper knowledge
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However, the things that children like to study are very boring.
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Trivial, simple
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Although spontaneous
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But is such spontaneity also worthy of respect?
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The answer is of course yes
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Learning without spontaneity is meaningless
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We need to know
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Any information
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In fact, they all have huge
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Minable and explainable depth
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The key is not whether the information itself is deep or not.
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It's the ability to dig and connect
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Even the most ordinary thing
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In the eyes of thoughtful people
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It can also convey a very profound meaning.
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For example, when children observe ants crawling
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You might think of
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Human social organization and division of labor and cooperation, etc.
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Children may also have only a vague feeling
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He has a hard time expressing himself
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This feeling is highly personal.
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It is something that the outside world cannot give a clear meaning to.
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But one day in the future
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This vague feeling
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It will inspire him with some profound thoughts.
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Friends who have experienced this kind of long-term thinking and introspection
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You will definitely understand what I mean
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Emotion and rationality are actually connected
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People without rich and delicate emotions
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The development of rational thinking ability is bound to be hindered
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Why do some people
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Able to read complex and abstract theories
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It can also evoke a strong sense of excitement
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It is because he has accumulated a lot of developed
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Delicate and rich fuzzy feeling
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When this feeling reaches a certain level
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He is able to understand complex and abstract theories
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Entering a deep resonance feeling
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He will feel
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It can collide with many of his previous vague feelings
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Then he can remember this theory firmly.
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This collision of ideas
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It is precisely inseparable from the long-term accumulation of the parties involved.
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Rich in feeling
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Therefore, profundity does not lie in whether knowledge is advanced or not.
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It is the individual's ability to associate and see.
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Such insights and associations are essentially uncontrollable
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It cannot be regarded as a strategy.
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Tips and Tools
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A netizen said that after watching Anthony's video today
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Realize that free learning is a good way
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Then tell yourself that from today on
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I want freedom every day
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Have a profound idea
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This is not freedom.
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The essence of freedom is unpredictability
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Not pre-planned
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Nor does it rely on any established standard
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You can only do as much as possible
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Create conditions for freedom for yourself
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Then trust yourself
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The meaning of free association is highly personal
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Maybe the free association you generate
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Does not conform to any established meaning
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However, the more you believe unconditionally
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My thoughts make sense
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Don’t set any goals for yourself
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Then finally
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The better this free association ability can be,
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We mentioned above
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Questioning the concept of free learning
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There are many questionable angles.
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In the next video I will combine my experience
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Continue discussing this topic
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Main references for this video
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That's it for today's video
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