and to me, foundational things are principles, their algorithms, their deep seated, logical understanding where you can defend it or attack it from any angle. And that's why microeconomics is important, because macroeconomics, a lot of memorization. A lot of macro bullshit, as the scene tell of says that it's easier to macro bullshit. That is the micro bullshit. Because macroeconomics is voodoo complex Science meets politics. You can't find two macroeconomist to agree on anything these days, and different macroeconomist get used by different politicians to peddle their different pep theories. There are even macro economists out there now peddling something called Modern Monster Theory, which basically says, Hey,

except for this pesky thing called inflation, we could just print all the money that we want. Yes, except for this pesky thing called inflation. That's like saying, instead of limited energy, we can fire rockets off into space all day long. It's just nonsense. But the fact that there are people who have macro economists in their title in our peddling modern monetary theory just tells you that macroeconomics as a so called science, has been corrupted so blanche of politics. So you really want to focus on the Foundation's foundation. The ultimate foundation are mathematics and logic. If you understand logic and mathematics, then you have the basis for understanding scientific method. Once you understand the scientific method, then you can understand how to separate truth from falsehood and other fields and other things that you're really.

So be very careful about reading other people's opinions and even be careful about reading fact. Because so called facts are often just opinions. But you know, with a veneer around them, what you really are looking for us algorithms. What you're really looking for. His understanding. It's better to go through a book really slowly and struggle and stumble and rewind the heuristics, fly through it quickly and say, Well, now read 20 books. Every 30 books ever had 50 books in the field. It's that Bruce Lee said, I don't fear the man who knows 1000 kicks in 1000 punches that fuel the man who's practiced one punch 10,000 times or one kick 10,000 times. It's the understanding that comes through repetition and three usage, and through logic and foundations,

that really makes you a smart thinker to lay a foundation for learning for the rest of your life. I think you need two things. If I was going to try and sum it up. One practical persuasion and two. You need to go deep in some technical category, whether it's abstract math or you want to read Donald Kanoute's books on algorithms or you want to read Fineman's lectures on physics. If you have practical persuasion and a deep understanding of some complex topic, I think you'll have a great foundation for learning for the rest of your life. Yeah, if I could expand it a little bit, I would say that the five most important skills are, of course, reading, writing arithmetic and then, as you are adding in persuasion, who just talking.

And then, finally, I would add computer programming just because it's an applied form of arithmetic that just gets you so much leverage for free in any domain that you operated. If you're good with computers, if you're good at basic mathematics, if you're good at writing, if you're good speaking, and if you like reading,