Claude, Teach Me Something
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- The author developed a 'Teach me something' workflow using Claude to replace doom scrolling on Reddit.
- The workflow uses the Socratic method: Claude asks questions to gauge the user's knowledge and guide discovery rather than giving direct explanations.
- Topics are drawn from a diverse list of areas including programming, computer science, UX/UI, cybersecurity, machine learning, cooking, physics, economics, psychology, engineering, and music theory.
- Claude checks previous chats to avoid repeating topics and adjusts the lesson based on the user's prior knowledge.
- At the end of each session, Claude directs the user to primary sources (websites, papers, podcasts, books) for verification and deeper learning.
- A minor friction point is that Claude often names chats generically; the user asks Claude to suggest a name and manually renames the chat.
- The Socratic method is more effective than 'information-dumpy' explanations, leveraging LLMs' strengths in non-determinism and conversational text.