Stop learning, start thinking
I didn't like the title, and he kept on chanting it during the talk.
Eventually, at the end of the talk, he corrected it to my satisfaction, and talked about transitioning from learning to thinking to creating. The creation of new things, and in particular, writing down ideas and applying them is where more energy should be expended.
Learning and thinking without doing is masturbation.
From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "You just keep thinking, Butch; that's what you're good at."
In his case, he had a long way to go to get to the point where he had a chance of communicating what he was thinking about.
For some people (and I think there are quite a few of them), they need to change their habits just to get to thinking.
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.
However, if you'd rather have text, here it is in rot13. Wnpbo Oneargg pbzrf bss nf naablvat. Ybhq, ohzcgvbhf, naq ynhtuf ng zbfg bs uvf bja wbxrf. Ur'f nyfb n zngu cebqvtl, naq unf nhgvfz. Ur gnyxf nobhg ubj ur jnf qvntabfrq nf orvat hanoyr gb yrnea gb gnyx, ohg orpnhfr ur unq gvzr gb guvax, ur fgnegrq rkcybevat zngu. Vg'f abg fb onq gb snvy svatre-cnvagvat. Ur gnyxf nobhg Arjgba naq Rvafgrva nf univat orra oybpxrq bss sebz yrneavat sbe n juvyr (cynthr dhnenagvar naq cngrag bssvpr erfcrpgviryl), fb gung gurl unq gvzr gb guvax. Ur erpbzzraqf gnxvat gvzr gb guvax nobhg jung lbh pner nobhg.
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?