# Mediocratopia: 10

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Venkatesh Rao]]
- Full Title: Mediocratopia: 10
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2021/07/29/mediocratopia-10/

## Highlights
- Aptitude is the rate at which you level up, by changing the nature of the problem you’re solving (and therefore how you measure “improvement”). The interesting thing is, this is not purely a function not of raw prowess or innate talent, but of imagination and taste.
- Being stuck is being caught in the diminishing returns part of a locally optimal learning curve because you can’t see the next curve to jump to.