https://abhir.ai/tags/philosophy/ Recent content in Philosophy on Abhinav Rai Hugo en-us Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://abhir.ai/posts/on-learning-in-public/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://abhir.ai/posts/on-learning-in-public/ <p>There&rsquo;s an idea I keep coming back to: the best way to learn something is to explain it.</p> <p>Not to an audience. Not for clout. Just&hellip; explain it. Write it down. Force yourself through the parts where you wave your hands and say &ldquo;and then it kind of works.&rdquo; Those hand-wavy parts are exactly where understanding breaks down.</p> <h2 id="why-write-at-all">Why write at all?</h2> <p>Most of what I read online disappears from my mind within a week. Writing forces me to engage with ideas at a deeper level. When I write about something, I have to:</p>