Good question! I would say that even reading white papers has a little bit of a learning curve with the crypto language so that would be hard to do Day 1 (some people can do that though, and power to them!). However, I really had to start from square 1 with all things crypto and the tech language, so for me, asking questions with people in my day to day who were familiar with crypto helped a lot.

Additionally, there are a ton of great articles and videos that helped me out... I honestly just Googled a ton. Coindesk is great for keeping up with news. I wish I could find the links to the best sources but I probably looked at like 200 haha (obviously not an efficient way). I'll do a follow-up post soon and dig into what my best resources were specifically. :) I personally didn't use discord but just downloaded it this weekend as I know a lot of people did and it's a great way to join fellow crypto members, so I would recommend that!
Sorry if this wasn't the most helpful response and I will try to get more specific resources to you, but I utilized YouTube, articles from reputable outlets, my friends, and reddit.

The Unchained Podcast is GREAT too. :) http://unchainedpodcast.co