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Deliberate play
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Last discussed Oct 27, 2026
Learning through repetition with improvisation, as opposed to repetition with incremental improvement.
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Steven Kotler · Oct 27, 2026
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Used for: Increasing learning and peak performance
Praised: Releases more neurochemicals, so experiences move into long-term memory
vs: Outperforms Anders Ericsson's deliberate practice outside tightly bounded dom...
"If you're outside of a bounded discipline, which is pretty much almost everything else other than like musical instruments and a couple other things, deliberate play outperforms deliberate practice significantly... when we play versus when we repe..."
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