Dedication

Learning by Doing: The King of Random and Why Curiosity Matters

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Book Two is dedicated to Grant Thompson — the King of Random.

Grant wasn't a scientist in a lab coat. He was a maker, an experimenter, a tinkerer — and that's what made him so valuable.

He took ordinary materials and asked, "What happens if..."

Then he built it. Tested it. Recorded it. Shared it.

He wasn't showing off. He was teaching by example: understand the parts, and the whole becomes less mysterious.

That's exactly the spirit behind this series.

My family and I don't just read about basic skills — we practice them.

Homemade Soap Ground Meat Backyard Chickens Butter & Yogurt Hand-Ground Flour Fermentation

And every time something didn't work — it taught us something new.

YouTube makers like Grant didn't just show cool projects. They showed that experimentation isn't only for experts. It's a mindset.

That mindset is essential to rebuilding or understanding complex systems from the ground up.

Not by memorizing answers. By doing the thing, seeing why it works, seeing why it fails, and understanding the principle underneath it.

Not tricks. Not hacks.
Fundamentals.

Damon Townsend — Author, Forgotten Foundations

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