[christinecha]

This process he is describing seems incredibly different from our everyday work, but it's really the same core of learning anything.

Usually, you start with a top-level entrance (records for musicians, games for programmers, translations for language learners). Then, step by step, you go backwards in time.

That album was composed of songs. These songs are composed of harmonies and melodies. Harmonies are composed of chords and voicings. ... on and on until you're dissecting the very sound waves themselves.

This beautiful curiosity that exists in every deep learning experience is what sets apart the hobbyists from the geniuses.