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by infiniteparamtr 3522 days ago
Whenever Elon Musk answers questions about how to learn as effectively as he has over the years, he routinely says "my process isolation isn't what it used to be."

I don't think I've ever had or ever will have any capacity to isolate a process and complete a large project.

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What does process mean in this context?
Operating system processes are isolated such that they do not mix up memory. Focus means not being distracted by unrelated thoughts/memories.
I think he is talking in computing terms, sandboxing.
Some people are just more optimized for multithreading

I can hardly fathom the solar Babylon Musk has conjured up in his head

Well at least I finally managed to get out of real mode and onto cooperative multitasking...
I'm going to name my firstborn Babylon Musk