<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Learning on Daniel Lyons</title><link>https://dandylyons.net/topics/learning/</link><description>Recent content in Learning on Daniel Lyons</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://dandylyons.net/topics/learning/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Smart People Ask Dumb Questions</title><link>https://dandylyons.net/thoughts/smart-people-ask-dumb-questions/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://dandylyons.net/thoughts/smart-people-ask-dumb-questions/</guid><description>&lt;p>Here&amp;rsquo;s an uncomfortable truth: &lt;strong>you&amp;rsquo;re probably staying ignorant to protect your ego&lt;/strong>. You constantly have questions that you don&amp;rsquo;t ask because you&amp;rsquo;re afraid of looking stupid. You have an idea, you&amp;rsquo;re curious about something, you wonder how something works, but you keep quiet. You don&amp;rsquo;t ask the question.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;strong>You think you&amp;rsquo;re protecting yourself from embarrassment. Actually, you&amp;rsquo;re choosing ignorance over growth.&lt;/strong>&lt;/p>
&lt;h2 id="the-questions-that-changed-everything">The Questions That Changed Everything&lt;/h2>
&lt;p>Let me tell you about some truly stupid questions:&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>