[bequanna]

It can feel very overwhelming when you recognize how much you don’t know about a topic.

For some people, having some suggested learning tracks can help them have more confidence that they are moving in the right direction and not just chasing their tails.

[brudgers]

Learning anything encompasses the possibility of failing.

The possibility can’t be optimized away except by not starting.

If you aren’t doing something badly and inefficiently, you aren’t learning.

The first problem isn’t finding the best path (per the question). The first problem is to stop standing still.

Searching for the best path is only pretending to learn.

[bequanna]

I don’t disagree with you. Perfect is the enemy of good and action > inaction.

I’m simply saying if you come across someone who is lost and without a map, it is helpful to at least give some basic direction.

[brudgers]

I understand what you are saying.

I think compasses have more utility than opinions drawn from different terrain.