In late 2010, I started writing Way of the Scholar to record what I've learned about expertise, particularly in the hard sciences. My goal is to make it a scientific guide to scientific expertise. That is, I want to use scientific tools to understand how people can sustainably advance the state of the art and share those advances with the world in a way that makes it a dramatically better place.
I've since realized that a blog really isn't the right medium for this sort of work. I want something that emphasizes systematic logical structures, not accidental chronological ones. So, I've stopped writing Way of the Scholar as a blog and begun rewriting it as a book. The original posts are here for your benefit, and if You find them helpful, please let me know.