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The Art of Training Young People - by Benjamin Parry

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Benjamin Graham to Warren Buffet when he offered to work for him for free. Graham would hire Buffet three years later starting him on his career as an investor.1 Young people are pretty useless. Humans have one of the longest periods of juvenile dependence of any animal. It takes 4 months after we're born before we can hold our heads up on our necks and it takes at least another 8 months before we have the coordination needed to feed ourselves. We limit people from voting in elections before they are 18 and increasingly there are arguments we would be wise to not consider someone a fully formed adult until they are 25 and their pre-fontal cortex has stopped developing2. Alongside this long developmental arc there is an even more pernicious learning curve for competence. Our ability to learn things and bootstrap new skills is clearly phenomenal. If it weren’t you could never explain the heights of human art, science, and craft that we see exhibited every day. But to get there takes ener

The Art of Training Young People Apprenticeship; or, how to resolve the precarious acquisition of craft. Benjamin Parry May 18, 2024 23 3 2 Share “You're Overpriced" Benjamin Graham to Warren Buffet when he offered to work for him for free. Graham would hire Buffet three years later starting him on his career as an investor. 1 Young people are pretty useless. Humans have one of the longest periods of juvenile dependence of any animal. It takes 4 months after we're born before we can hold our heads up on our necks and it takes at least another 8 months before we have the coordination needed to

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