Many years ago, an old friend told me: the true function of knowledge is not accumulation, but the establishment of connections. We do not walk on top of knowledge, but rather within relationships!

It took me a long time to understand this statement, until I truly experienced the feeling of the knowledge system automatically connecting in my mind, as if the meridians were opened.

Later, I increasingly felt that learning is not about how much we remember, but about incorporating the "unknown" into the map of the "known."

Because it's simple, I gradually discovered that people do not become smart solely by the total amount of knowledge, but by the structure of knowledge—

Just like some experienced drivers, continuously adding new branching city routes, ultimately forming a structure map in their minds that can be expanded at any time. Wherever they need to go, they can call upon it effortlessly, almost subconsciously, making it truly useful.

Bruce mentioned "wedges" and "familiar knowledge contexts," which I think refers to the "anchoring effect" between pieces of knowledge: when the human brain encounters unfamiliar things, it instinctively seeks familiarity, and these embedded knowledge points serve as the piers for building cognitive bridges.

This also echoes that philosophical saying:

"Understanding does not come from nothing to something, but starts from the known." — Heidegger

Lastly, there is one more point: why do we need to empty our minds, rest, sleep more, and give ourselves space?

It is because the establishment of these relationships requires your brain to reconstruct, to have moments of inspiration, which generally exist in people's most comfortable states or in dreams!

I will always remember twenty years ago, when I struggled to learn music theory without being able to apply it to the guitar. But after going out to play for two days and having a good sleep, when I picked up the guitar again, it felt as if a divine spirit had possessed me, and I suddenly knew a lot of things!

At that moment, I realized that my brain had inscribed new things into my existing map while I wasn't paying attention.

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