I find annoying speakers way easier to process as transcripts, and Barnett does appear to say some useful things in the talk. As for the content:
So... Newton already had his degree when the plague hit. It's not clear to me how much that stopped him from learning.
Spending time thinking is very useful, especially if you have a first-rate mind. But it's not clear to me that "stop learning" is the right way to sell that, or that "think in your own unique way" is always the best advice. Yes, if you make a startling new contribution, it will be because you think that way and others (in that field) didn't. But there are also alien modes of thought that will make you better off if you adopt them. Most of my learning in social areas has done much better than my thinking in social areas, as an example.
The best advice he gives is "I didn't play video games, I thought about shapes." But, again, spending your time creating instead of consuming is not an atomic act; there is engineering involved, and learning that sort of self-management is important.
Thanks for the comment. I was twitching slightly as the negative karma came and went and came back.
From my point of view, it was important to get past how annoying he was to the content. I agree that some of his worst habits faded as the talk went on.
I think his point is that formal learning can fill time in a way that's almost as wasteful as video games, and that there's a lot of fruit which isn't exactly low-hanging, but can be reached by thinking about what you already know.
Stop Learning, by Jacob Barnett. This is an 18 minute video, and I think there's a lot to be said for getting the material in the order given.
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Would anyone happen to remember the alternate history story where the plague doesn't come to England, so Newton has professorial duties and never discovers anything?