The Best Way to Learn is to Teach

The best way to learn is to teach.

The main reason is because teaching forces you to make concepts legible. You need to break down concepts into pieces that are understandable and also explainable.

Learning is a cycle between theory and action. Once you understand something, you can predict and experiment. Each experiment’s results allow you to theorize new conclusions. Each cycle teases out nuance.

Teaching forces you to go through this cycle. It forces you to consider cause and effect. It exposes you to naive questions from first principles.

Teaching also forces you to create simulations and exercises, making you consider what principles to focus on.