Scott H. Young

And that's exactly why we are exploring this issue today, drawing on a really diverse body of source material.

We're looking at John Sweller's cognitive load theory, Kate Anders Erickson's science of expertise from his book Peak, the frameworks behind personal knowledge management systems, Scott Young's ultra learning, and comprehensive workforce data from the Gallagher reports.

And from all those sources emerges a really profound central disagreement.

The core question we are exploring today is this.

So what is the alternative then? Just superficial skimming of topics? No, not at all.

It's aggressive, targeted learning.

Look at Scott Young's MIT challenge in ultra-learning.

He mastered the entire four-year MIT computer science curriculum in 12 months using open source materials for under $2,000.