# skill building acquiring a new skill means learning it and then learning to disentangle yourself from it and then to exist in harmony with it how else do you meet people? [feeling for the missing character](/2022/01/feeling-for-the-missing-character.md), indeed *** (in the space between lines 1 and 2, the writer saw a way to see skills as people, and people as skills) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2025/04/04/skill-building.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.