Thanks for reposting this here. I think I work in a similar way to this, but I've not written it down as a "manifesto" before like Simon has.

I'm going to be thinking about this as the Discovery Manifesto.... or maybe the autodidactaliser.

I've found it useful to reexpress foreign knowledge in a familiar setting. The magic is possibly that the learning seems fun because the familiar tool is fairly easy to use and the new information is expressed in the familiar way.

It's also good because it's not cheap dopamine, like looking over Youtube videos.... I watched a video on the 6502... I know how it works now??.. Youtubes do have their place, but not at the expense of doing more in depth thinking.