I was reading his book titled "Ultralearning" then I decided to stop and search for him on UA-cam, the book is mind-blowing and so his Tedx Talk. I am watching this video after 9 years and it's relevant and it will forever be. We can't thank you enough, Scott.
Not only are you acquiring skills in computer science, Scott, but you are honing your skills as a public speaker and reaching an audience with a very compelling message. Nice job! Having raised three engineers and paid the price for their expensive tuition, I can also see the application of your philosophy at the lower levels of education, even as early as primary school. You give all of us much to think about.
Self education is the next big thing. Most people alreday recognize this. Intellectually curious people are the ones that never stop learning. We are living in intersting times. The future will be awesome!
Engineering & Computer Tech Exactly my thoughts. Well, i think the entire education system is ripe for disruption. You spend your time memorizing countless facts, speeding through textbooks and problems, getting good grades, preparing for this big thing called Life. When in fact, you should be allowed to follow your natural curiosity and see where it takes you. And have the entire education system in place to support you. Simple as that.
I've always believed in teaching myself. I'm bad at learning at a pace that others want me to learn at. In fact, I've learned more when I've learnt for myself than when I learnt for something in school. I'm happy to see this sort of thing get advertised.
This is so true, I went to university, would have my smart friends who were older orally summarize the subjects of my test to me exactly the night before my test, would take the test and pass it. Then while working on my thesis I went back home - coincided with the pandemic, so I did not have my friends with extreme benefits and I found the second greatest option...UA-cam, listening and taking notes from all the knowledgable people online....Now that was the actual university that I should have gone to in the first place....I would listen to the audios twice the actual speed and yes I did feel lonely because I could not interact with my friends and go places, but a substitute for that was the comments section of the videos, I learnt a lot from that section especially, the people who would take their time to share a thought and real life experiece....Other than the downside of becoming lethargic and getting extremely irritated and uncomfortable when people would ask me what are you doing (well yeh I don't know how to term it exactly) and also making some sort of wealth off of it, the amount of knowledge and intelligence you gain is inspiring and sort of worthwhile.
I totally appreciate this talk. It's up to students, not schools or gov, to disrupt the educational system. And learning is such a joy. We need to create ways to do it that suit us. Awesome inspiration! Thank you, Scott. Peace & Blessings!
6:30 - I was sitting here wondering why I'm watching this... only to realize, he's now describing exactly what I've been doing for the past 1.5 months, a time-log for every task I take on each day!
I came here because of the book ultralearning. I was mindblown of the guy who learned and created a language from scratch. And the guy who's a musician that wants to be a public speaker, competed and actually won on a world championship for public speaking for just few months of ultralearning. 😱
In 2023, I just watched this TED and I thought it was something recent, 2022 at most and when I look at the release date... 2012! Wow, really visionary.
i found myself in a similar situation: got a social science degree but interested in computer science as well and considering online learning. This is hugely inspirational.
YES! That is one benefit that has been helping me to learn faster and more effective!! The fast-forward and rewind button! And also the speed button, some lecturers talk very slow to my ear and it made me feel sleepy and get annoyed by how slow they are talking (sorry!), so I always put my online learning speed to 1.25x to 1.5x and it is soooooo much better!!!
This is great. I started about 4 years ago learning everything I can about programming and computer science. Computer science stuff was on an accident, just curious how things work as I was working on different projects(adding circuits, binary, micro-controllers). I have met CS graduates or students about to graduate and they are very limited in what they have learned. That is because you can pass assignments and classes without a full grasp on the topic. Also students need more guidance. Yes you can ask the professors questions, but the issue is, you are unlikely to know the right questions to ask. Your degree matters very little, it just keeps the employer from throwing your resume away and gets you the interview. You need to do research and use those years to make sure you know what you are doing. Classes are more supplementary(they help, but you need to do your research). Also if you can get an internship, that might be the best way to get guidance. Networking is the next thing, college gives you the advantage of collectively working together with like-minded people. There are things I am great with and then horrible at others but I have friends now that help me understand my weakness(discreet math), as I help them with their's(programming). Simply, use your resources and don't get tunnel vision where you only do classes, also expect lectures to not teach much(fell behind in discreet math because I focused to much on the lectures). Plan your own education and figure out were you need to get to and how. To reiterate, networking is the best thing you can do in college. Professors and other students can be more important then anything else to find work or opportunities. Who you know can mean more then what you know.
Cant believe this is 8 years ago! I just learnt the value of UA-cam and online education platforms like Coursera, Ed X, Future learn, etc. I can’t believe all that free information is just out there. I’m learning so much in a much much shorter period for less money and otherwise time that would be wasted doing the mandatory formal education stuff that don’t actually contribute to the end goal.
He's idea is so amazing. I totally agree with what he said. Study itself is more difficult,and as a student myself, I don't really like to go class a lot, but yet i still need to go because I don't have any choice.
I'm really glad Scott brought this up. I've been struggling with my education for the past 21 months going for lessons all day till evening, completing timed assignments in school etc that i didn't have any time or energy left at home to read my notes and to try and understand what I was learning. It's study break now and I've finally understood what the hell I was learning. We all just need some time to self-reflect and to self-learn for a while, which was Scott has brought up.
Hi, I'm from a new university in collaboration with MIT, and I must agree to most of what was said. University is expensive. Not everyone can afford it comfortably. My university curriculum has similar content and rigor of MIT as MIT brought the majority of their courses to my uni. I use MIT open courseware extensively to master my topics. In some way, we are encouraged to use materials from MIT OCW to keep learning. It's part of a habit of life-long learning...
It seems everyone is missing the point. OK, not everyone. I think the point is that we have commercialised and therefore weakened education/learning, and Scott is offering an alternative to the commercial education juggernaut. Universities have a monopoly over issuing degrees and companies trust degrees. But is having a degree a guarantee or even a requirement to being a successful employee/business owner/investor/person?
1.the problem is that in your mind you see exceptions. People like Bill gates, etc . You have to look the big picture. Not everybody is 2.Getting a degree like computer science and history and philosophy is easy at home but how about chemical and mechanical engineering with load of labs? 3.Who wants to proctor these people? 4. Even the dude in the TED, I doubt he can solve the very normal physics I question right now. He probably put the exam and solutions together thinking reading the solutionand understanding it is equivalent of passing!!
@Jon Saw Those are good points. Sometimes the degree is necessary. You can't become a lawyer or doctor without the guidance and approval of an educational institution but that case won't always be true and some people could really benefit from avoiding the financial burden of a degree. People should carefully consider the vision they have of their future and if college would be good fit for them. We really have an unhealthy "college is the only way to be successful, dive in without thinking" mentality as a culture. I don't think he ever sells ted talk as a one size fits all solution. Just as a possible alternative and a lesson in efficiency. I really think he's better off learning IT on his own if it's not going to be the central focus of his work.
I hope my school watches this! Not completely sold but he is bring up some good points. Traditional schools need to ask is this the best way and not be complacent.
Such an inspiring talk. Thank you very much, Scott, for this brilliant lecture. I am a big fan of self-learning. Learning new concepts is my passion. The more you learn, the more your brain is picking things quickly and connects it to your knowledge. Learning is the most amazing things ever!
Incredibly insightful and spot on. The benefits of being an entrepreneur of your own education (or the president of your own business of intelligence), should not put you in debt or suck the life out of you (i.e. waste your time, most people learn at different rates & methods) but should ultimately increase your worth.
Scott, I'm trying to follow your view by taking courses on Coursera -taking advantage of courses from universities around the world. Your point on doing this as 'Continue Education' is the way to go to stay up-to-date with changes in so many professional fields. Also, congratulation in learning languages while using NO English! I watched your videos on learning Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and Korean. Again, you prove it can be done!
Yes, I liked that part of the talk. I am actually doing something similar but more modest than doing an MIT degree; I am learning about classical music through wikipedia articles and spotify. I couldn't do what I am doing even if I went to college to take a course on it. The resources that we have now are just amazing.
Excellent talk, Scott! I also believe in self-education. College sounds to me like a place where you go because you "have to". And it is this have-to basis that always makes me think, "Why is it that you have to do things the way other people are doing it?" I think it's better to just listen to yourself and do what you think is right than doing something that others are doing.
It sure is. But sometimes, the system has some of us by the neck. I dropped out of college and started my own company when I was 19, which was great until I decided to leave it and move to New York to try out new things. Here I can only get a job (and a valid work visa!) if I have a degree, so I'm being forced to go my way through college in my 24's :\
I've used speed reading techniques, I just didn't find them particularly useful with this challenge. My blog is an ongoing effort to improve my understanding, so I update it as I learn more.
this is honestly great.. i agree with the part where he says that coming to uni can be such a waste of time. i spend like 2~3 hours commuting every single day just to go to 3 lectures.. so much time wasted :( and by the time i get home im tired from all the commuting etc so i dont do much work. but a class in my uni decided to just do audio recording for the lectures (they're trying to force us to go to lectures) thats why im forced to go. sigh.
I'm an autodidact too and it's great to see others who are so inspired as to take their education into their own hands. One sentiment I identify with is the legitimacy of knowledge no matter where you got it from. If you pass the tests, complete certain experiments/projects given by an institution, no matter how plentiful they may be, that merits some type of status of competency. Though it seems many places are mainly interested in money and branding
I did exactly that in the last 3 years of my degree in Edinburgh Univeristy (Physics) - and with the time I saved by not going to lectures I got A LOT more time to study music and guitar. Some of my peers said they couldn't live without lectures, but I guess that for some people like it works better!
I like this idea of using online courses instead of actually attending classes. For me it is both the money aspect and the time issue, as I havd to work full time and I have kids. But I discovered these awesome online free courses starting with khan Academy and then FutureLearn and Coursera, and I can say I have learned much more in the past few months than during all my three years of graduate studies.
Excellent talk on a thought-provoking and revolutionary topic. Your delivery was superb and I expect we'll be seeing and hearing more from you in the years to come.
Solid talk, I've been thinking the exact same thing about the future of education... more remote learning, more modular coursework and fewer distractions, logistics and $$$$
***** Not necessarily, hopefully there might be companies who invest in producing lectures for that very reason, actually there are people doing that right know, look at Salman Khan and others who are backed up by Microsoft and Google through funding. The only thing is that such type of learning can only be applied to a certain subjects like maths, programming etc. which don't require much other than texts books and lectures but subjects like medicine etc, require, probably, the same traditional method... still there can be other creative ways of teaching even medicine through independent study.
My thoughts exactly. Education is self-directed, if you want to become who YOU WANT TO BE . "Don't let school interfere with your education" - Mark Twain. ...Google it... talk about it... get outside... and find practical applications for knowledge.
In addition to the quality of your idea, you enunciate and vocalize with marvelous clarity so that the auto-transcription looked complete and accurate. (Too bad the TEDx talks don't publish a transcription the way the TED talks do.) Thanks so much for your website and terrific methods you share. So happy I discovered it.
Scott you are great. I decided to do the same not MIT but other top university. I always fear the universities will hide someday their curriculum from outside world. This is so great way for poor and who have not time to go school. The university of the people established based on this need and is missusing this need to their own benefit. Scott way is so much better
I'm a huge of advocate of self education. I have nothing against college, I just never thrived in that environment. The thing about college is that they decide what pace you'll at. I often found that most classes moved too slow and a few moved a little too quickly. What's great about self education is that you can choose whatever pace suits you and it costs a fraction if anything that college does.
great author! I like him.because he not only share great choughts but also do it !Learning a 4-year computer science cource in 12 months without taking any class! I've known this plan in his blog for some time,and he's still working hard on it !!
At college there are often too many students and too little time spent in class to address everyone's questions so you do have to do a lot of learning/studying/researching on your own to fill in the gaps. If you run to the professor every time you have a problem, you are demonstrating your lack of initiative (and intelligence and maturity) to solve a problem on your own. This is a major problem as solving problems on your own is a crucial life skill.
i find self educating is much quicker, much more effective, and especially when i can apply what i learned instantly to my work, much more profitable/satisfying. didnt go to uni years ago, took me some time to grasp concept of self learning, so some guidance would be welcome for newcomers. now i just feel limitless (well, time limited ;) )
Great talk Scott. Can definitely relate to your experience in the physical lecture theatres. Pause, rewind and fast forward would have been invaluable.
This video is really good and he was right to spot on the current trend of distance learning..- which is accelerated by COVID. But the goal of learning in a good institution is also to shape your thinking, instil curiosity, give transferable skills for long term etc. Given this guys approach of finishing a class in a week, cramming lectures etc., those goals are not achievable.
I totally agree remote study on line, these days people moving around every where in the world, it is hard for every one to just stuck in some where and go to school for 4 years
Great job! You are absolutly right. In the modern world you have to learn all the time and most of the people get strange feelings if they think about learning, but every human beeing is driven by curiosity in his or her early years... For some reason this curiosity stops after you got through school. There are no bad subjects. I think that every content which you want to learn can be interesting just by thinking about it and think about the reasoning of the inventor of those concepts.
As I said in the talk, I don't think universities are going away and I don't think self-education is going to be the strict replacement. Rather, I believe that higher levels of knowledge and skill are going to be required in the future, and that extra demand is going to be from self-education. We already live in an era of self-education, I merely suggest the trend is going to continue.
The 1.5x thing works. I started it as soon as he mentioned it, and actually, it helps me plow through even more TED talks while working on homework. ^-^
I do this. Lifelong learner here. I take MOOCs, put at 2x speed while watching CC. Do some reading using Spritzlet app at 400 wpm. Watch some videos on smart TV.
I've thought about teaching a few subjects via UA-cam, but the problem is that there's already so much out there. I'd rather be an advocate for self-education, since the amount of free material is already so abundant (and increasing rapidly)
me and my best friend wanted to become programmers, I dropped out of school from the 10th grade to teach my self programming, and I did it in less than 7 month ! 2 years later he graduate while I m doing business ! :P
you should check up David Karp, creator of Tumblr. He dropped from school at 15 and started homeschooling. He even never returned to finish high school.
Yup, he did say that. What I'm saying is much of the learning process happens because we often avoid the "quicker feedback". I'm not saying students have to wait a week to get their answers, which is often the case, but certainly not check them hand in hand. Checking answers before moving on to the next question removes the motivation to do further research and study, which I personally find the biggest part of the learning experience.There is a reason solutions are not out until a certain time.
I was reading his book titled "Ultralearning" then I decided to stop and search for him on UA-cam, the book is mind-blowing and so his Tedx Talk. I am watching this video after 9 years and it's relevant and it will forever be. We can't thank you enough, Scott.
I did the exact same thing reading ultralearning hahaha
"Self-education is the future". After coronavirus has started, we believe that you are totally right Scott:-)
Not only are you acquiring skills in computer science, Scott, but you are honing your skills as a public speaker and reaching an audience with a very compelling message. Nice job! Having raised three engineers and paid the price for their expensive tuition, I can also see the application of your philosophy at the lower levels of education, even as early as primary school. You give all of us much to think about.
Self education is the future! Couldn't have agreed more.
this is an exact prediction of 2020, thank you too Scott.
Self education is the next big thing. Most people alreday recognize this. Intellectually curious people are the ones that never stop learning. We are living in intersting times. The future will be awesome!
Engineering & Computer Tech
Exactly my thoughts. Well, i think the entire education system is ripe for disruption. You spend your time memorizing countless facts, speeding through textbooks and problems, getting good grades, preparing for this big thing called Life. When in fact, you should be allowed to follow your natural curiosity and see where it takes you. And have the entire education system in place to support you. Simple as that.
DevFactor so why don’t you found your own start-up?
Yes the future will be awesome....self education is now a trend because people are unemployed...no job.
Aaaaand nothing has changed except colleges are basically making you pay for what is essentially self education... via online learning
it sure damn is
*''You spent $ 150,000 on an education that you could have earned for $ 1.50 in late fines at the public library.''*
Good will hunting ...it is
My boy is wicked smart ....
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Watching this video after 8 years. This one really made sense.
And it still works.
Still works.
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I agree with you my friend.
I've always believed in teaching myself. I'm bad at learning at a pace that others want me to learn at. In fact, I've learned more when I've learnt for myself than when I learnt for something in school. I'm happy to see this sort of thing get advertised.
This is so true, I went to university, would have my smart friends who were older orally summarize the subjects of my test to me exactly the night before my test, would take the test and pass it. Then while working on my thesis I went back home - coincided with the pandemic, so I did not have my friends with extreme benefits and I found the second greatest option...UA-cam, listening and taking notes from all the knowledgable people online....Now that was the actual university that I should have gone to in the first place....I would listen to the audios twice the actual speed and yes I did feel lonely because I could not interact with my friends and go places, but a substitute for that was the comments section of the videos, I learnt a lot from that section especially, the people who would take their time to share a thought and real life experiece....Other than the downside of becoming lethargic and getting extremely irritated and uncomfortable when people would ask me what are you doing (well yeh I don't know how to term it exactly) and also making some sort of wealth off of it, the amount of knowledge and intelligence you gain is inspiring and sort of worthwhile.
I totally appreciate this talk. It's up to students, not schools or gov, to disrupt the educational system. And learning is such a joy. We need to create ways to do it that suit us. Awesome inspiration! Thank you, Scott. Peace & Blessings!
simply amazing , he did it and completed the challenge , respect is what you deserve .
This is pure gold.
6:30 - I was sitting here wondering why I'm watching this... only to realize, he's now describing exactly what I've been doing for the past 1.5 months, a time-log for every task I take on each day!
I came here because of the book ultralearning. I was mindblown of the guy who learned and created a language from scratch. And the guy who's a musician that wants to be a public speaker, competed and actually won on a world championship for public speaking for just few months of ultralearning. 😱
In 2023, I just watched this TED and I thought it was something recent, 2022 at most and when I look at the release date... 2012! Wow, really visionary.
Please do not miss the important point here. Keep learning...
i found myself in a similar situation: got a social science degree but interested in computer science as well and considering online learning. This is hugely inspirational.
"the world is Changing to Fast to believe learning stops once you get your diploma" Awesome.
Agree with him, I found that learning by myself is faster than going to lectures everyday
YES! That is one benefit that has been helping me to learn faster and more effective!! The fast-forward and rewind button! And also the speed button, some lecturers talk very slow to my ear and it made me feel sleepy and get annoyed by how slow they are talking (sorry!), so I always put my online learning speed to 1.25x to 1.5x and it is soooooo much better!!!
This is great. I started about 4 years ago learning everything I can about programming and computer science. Computer science stuff was on an accident, just curious how things work as I was working on different projects(adding circuits, binary, micro-controllers). I have met CS graduates or students about to graduate and they are very limited in what they have learned. That is because you can pass assignments and classes without a full grasp on the topic. Also students need more guidance. Yes you can ask the professors questions, but the issue is, you are unlikely to know the right questions to ask. Your degree matters very little, it just keeps the employer from throwing your resume away and gets you the interview. You need to do research and use those years to make sure you know what you are doing. Classes are more supplementary(they help, but you need to do your research). Also if you can get an internship, that might be the best way to get guidance. Networking is the next thing, college gives you the advantage of collectively working together with like-minded people. There are things I am great with and then horrible at others but I have friends now that help me understand my weakness(discreet math), as I help them with their's(programming). Simply, use your resources and don't get tunnel vision where you only do classes, also expect lectures to not teach much(fell behind in discreet math because I focused to much on the lectures). Plan your own education and figure out were you need to get to and how. To reiterate, networking is the best thing you can do in college. Professors and other students can be more important then anything else to find work or opportunities. Who you know can mean more then what you know.
Already watching the video at 1.5X speed and hearing him say that he watched them at 1.5x speed... lol
This saves me so much time! I did not even know you could do this! Thanks
always 2x
"Already watching the video at 1.5X speed and hearing him say that he watched them at 1.5x speed..." $2000? Nah, priceless.
I do too hehehe
You're crazy.
Cant believe this is 8 years ago!
I just learnt the value of UA-cam and online education platforms like Coursera, Ed X, Future learn, etc.
I can’t believe all that free information is just out there.
I’m learning so much in a much much shorter period for less money and otherwise time that would be wasted doing the mandatory formal education stuff that don’t actually contribute to the end goal.
Very interesting talk! The rewind and replay features are key. I missed so much in the big college lecture halls!
I love that you guys are having respectful, intelligent, arguments on here.
He's idea is so amazing. I totally agree with what he said. Study itself is more difficult,and as a student myself, I don't really like to go class a lot, but yet i still need to go because I don't have any choice.
I'm really glad Scott brought this up. I've been struggling with my education for the past 21 months going for lessons all day till evening, completing timed assignments in school etc that i didn't have any time or energy left at home to read my notes and to try and understand what I was learning. It's study break now and I've finally understood what the hell I was learning. We all just need some time to self-reflect and to self-learn for a while, which was Scott has brought up.
'Self-education is the future', I totally agree with that.
Getting an education and learning how to learn...how to live, this is what Scott Young talks about.
I'm a fan!
He's an engaging speaker. Kudos.
What an amazing presentation!! Very impressive, especially the point that self-learning is the future! Thanks for sharing~
I've switched from that since I do several classes in parallel now. But yes, my time is usually divided between reading/watching, projects/practicing.
"I didn't want the five-course meal; I wanted my education à la carte
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Finding someone with you all the way is really helpful for perseverance
Hi, I'm from a new university in collaboration with MIT, and I must agree to most of what was said. University is expensive. Not everyone can afford it comfortably.
My university curriculum has similar content and rigor of MIT as MIT brought the majority of their courses to my uni. I use MIT open courseware extensively to master my topics.
In some way, we are encouraged to use materials from MIT OCW to keep learning. It's part of a habit of life-long learning...
I'm Chinese in MIT and can't agree more. We need fast forward buttons
It seems everyone is missing the point. OK, not everyone.
I think the point is that we have commercialised and therefore weakened education/learning, and Scott is offering an alternative to the commercial education juggernaut.
Universities have a monopoly over issuing degrees and companies trust degrees.
But is having a degree a guarantee or even a requirement to being a successful employee/business owner/investor/person?
1.the problem is that in your mind you see exceptions. People like Bill gates, etc . You have to look the big picture. Not everybody is
2.Getting a degree like computer science and history and philosophy is easy at home but how about chemical and mechanical engineering with load of labs?
3.Who wants to proctor these people?
4. Even the dude in the TED, I doubt he can solve the very normal physics I question right now. He probably put the exam and solutions together thinking reading the solutionand understanding it is equivalent of passing!!
@Jon Saw
Those are good points. Sometimes the degree is necessary. You can't become a lawyer or doctor without the guidance and approval of an educational institution but that case won't always be true and some people could really benefit from avoiding the financial burden of a degree.
People should carefully consider the vision they have of their future and if college would be good fit for them. We really have an unhealthy "college is the only way to be successful, dive in without thinking" mentality as a culture.
I don't think he ever sells ted talk as a one size fits all solution. Just as a possible alternative and a lesson in efficiency. I really think he's better off learning IT on his own if it's not going to be the central focus of his work.
@@cyrusIIIII Agreed with the second point. It's hard to replicate the environment at universities at home for learning those lab-based courses
I totally agree
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I hope my school watches this! Not completely sold but he is bring up some good points. Traditional schools need to ask is this the best way and not be complacent.
Such an inspiring talk. Thank you very much, Scott, for this brilliant lecture. I am a big fan of self-learning. Learning new concepts is my passion. The more you learn, the more your brain is picking things quickly and connects it to your knowledge. Learning is the most amazing things ever!
Incredibly insightful and spot on. The benefits of being an entrepreneur of your own education (or the president of your own business of intelligence), should not put you in debt or suck the life out of you (i.e. waste your time, most people learn at different rates & methods) but should ultimately increase your worth.
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Really enjoyed it Scott. Cant wait to share it with friends!
Great presentation, Scott. Direct to the point! congrats!
Scott, I'm trying to follow your view by taking courses on Coursera -taking advantage of courses from universities around the world. Your point on doing this as 'Continue Education' is the way to go to stay up-to-date with changes in so many professional fields. Also, congratulation in learning languages while using NO English! I watched your videos on learning Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin and Korean. Again, you prove it can be done!
Yes, I liked that part of the talk. I am actually doing something similar but more modest than doing an MIT degree; I am learning about classical music through wikipedia articles and spotify. I couldn't do what I am doing even if I went to college to take a course on it. The resources that we have now are just amazing.
Excellent talk, Scott! I also believe in self-education. College sounds to me like a place where you go because you "have to". And it is this have-to basis that always makes me think, "Why is it that you have to do things the way other people are doing it?"
I think it's better to just listen to yourself and do what you think is right than doing something that others are doing.
It sure is. But sometimes, the system has some of us by the neck. I dropped out of college and started my own company when I was 19, which was great until I decided to leave it and move to New York to try out new things. Here I can only get a job (and a valid work visa!) if I have a degree, so I'm being forced to go my way through college in my 24's :\
I've used speed reading techniques, I just didn't find them particularly useful with this challenge. My blog is an ongoing effort to improve my understanding, so I update it as I learn more.
so you think speed reading techniques are useless for ultralearning?
Great talk. I think self education is the future!
Most definitely. What do you think will happen to universities?
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this is honestly great.. i agree with the part where he says that coming to uni can be such a waste of time. i spend like 2~3 hours commuting every single day just to go to 3 lectures.. so much time wasted :( and by the time i get home im tired from all the commuting etc so i dont do much work. but a class in my uni decided to just do audio recording for the lectures (they're trying to force us to go to lectures) thats why im forced to go. sigh.
Interacting with people is not a waste.
Dang I hope things panned out well
@@Jack-id4qm i graduate from med school in december, so things panned out super well :)
@@Kate-ko2fy yayyy congraduations!!!
I'm an autodidact too and it's great to see others who are so inspired as to take their education into their own hands. One sentiment I identify with is the legitimacy of knowledge no matter where you got it from. If you pass the tests, complete certain experiments/projects given by an institution, no matter how plentiful they may be, that merits some type of status of competency. Though it seems many places are mainly interested in money and branding
It is very kind that you responded to clarify your position. Thank you. Yes, I do agree on those thoughts.
Extremely inspiring, actually this is what I’m doing right now
I did exactly that in the last 3 years of my degree in Edinburgh Univeristy (Physics) - and with the time I saved by not going to lectures I got A LOT more time to study music and guitar. Some of my peers said they couldn't live without lectures, but I guess that for some people like it works better!
I like this idea of using online courses instead of actually attending classes. For me it is both the money aspect and the time issue, as I havd to work full time and I have kids. But I discovered these awesome online free courses starting with khan Academy and then FutureLearn and Coursera, and I can say I have learned much more in the past few months than during all my three years of graduate studies.
Inspiring!! Thank you so much!!!
Reading his book n loving it
Excellent talk on a thought-provoking and revolutionary topic. Your delivery was superb and I expect we'll be seeing and hearing more from you in the years to come.
Solid talk, I've been thinking the exact same thing about the future of education... more remote learning, more modular coursework and fewer distractions, logistics and $$$$
***** Not necessarily, hopefully there might be companies who invest in producing lectures for that very reason, actually there are people doing that right know, look at Salman Khan and others who are backed up by Microsoft and Google through funding. The only thing is that such type of learning can only be applied to a certain subjects like maths, programming etc. which don't require much other than texts books and lectures but subjects like medicine etc, require, probably, the same traditional method... still there can be other creative ways of teaching even medicine through independent study.
I always fast forward lectures....and rewind and slow down at the important parts.
My thoughts exactly. Education is self-directed, if you want to become who YOU WANT TO BE . "Don't let school interfere with your education" - Mark Twain. ...Google it... talk about it... get outside... and find practical applications for knowledge.
On the OCW website you can view the curriculum for various degrees, so you can use that as a standard for what would be a good set of courses to take.
This isn't only the education system. It's the entire workforce.
i figured. thankyou! what you're doing requires a lot of persistence. Great job! :)
In addition to the quality of your idea, you enunciate and vocalize with marvelous clarity so that the auto-transcription looked complete and accurate. (Too bad the TEDx talks don't publish a transcription the way the TED talks do.) Thanks so much for your website and terrific methods you share. So happy I discovered it.
Scott you are great. I decided to do the same not MIT but other top university. I always fear the universities will hide someday their curriculum from
outside world.
This is so great way for poor and who have not time to go school.
The university of the people established based on this need and is missusing this need to their own benefit. Scott way is so much better
Well, I was watching this video at 1.5 speed so I could get back to my homework faster...
lovefrombooks7 :D
+lovefrombooks7 Haha, same.
How?
+Tom Smith Click on the gear icon on the bottom of the video and choose the speed
i did it at 3.0 speed
Agreed to 100%,
I'm a huge of advocate of self education. I have nothing against college, I just never thrived in that environment. The thing about college is that they decide what pace you'll at. I often found that most classes moved too slow and a few moved a little too quickly. What's great about self education is that you can choose whatever pace suits you and it costs a fraction if anything that college does.
Excellent talk!
great author! I like him.because he not only share great choughts but also do it !Learning a 4-year computer science cource in 12 months without taking any class! I've known this plan in his blog for some time,and he's still working hard on it !!
Loved the talk
At college there are often too many students and too little time spent in class to address everyone's questions so you do have to do a lot of learning/studying/researching on your own to fill in the gaps. If you run to the professor every time you have a problem, you are demonstrating your lack of initiative (and intelligence and maturity) to solve a problem on your own. This is a major problem as solving problems on your own is a crucial life skill.
Fantastic and very thought provoking. Well done
i find self educating is much quicker, much more effective, and especially when i can apply what i learned instantly to my work, much more profitable/satisfying.
didnt go to uni years ago, took me some time to grasp concept of self learning, so some guidance would be welcome for newcomers.
now i just feel limitless (well, time limited ;) )
This ted talk is revolutionary.
Great talk Scott. Can definitely relate to your experience in the physical lecture theatres. Pause, rewind and fast forward would have been invaluable.
This video is really good and he was right to spot on the current trend of distance learning..- which is accelerated by COVID. But the goal of learning in a good institution is also to shape your thinking, instil curiosity, give transferable skills for long term etc. Given this guys approach of finishing a class in a week, cramming lectures etc., those goals are not achievable.
I totally agree remote study on line, these days people moving around every where in the world, it is hard for every one to just stuck in some where and go to school for 4 years
Great talk Scott!
"Education hacking is the new trend" i like this quote :)
Awesome. Well done, Scott. Fortune favors the bold!
Great job! You are absolutly right. In the modern world you have to learn all the time and most of the people get strange feelings if they think about learning, but every human beeing is driven by curiosity in his or her early years... For some reason this curiosity stops after you got through school. There are no bad subjects. I think that every content which you want to learn can be interesting just by thinking about it and think about the reasoning of the inventor of those concepts.
For the first time speaking about the project that was a good talk.
Excellent talk
Great job Scott!
Amazing, Scott!
What Scott is talking about here becomes my reality being in college during pandemic 😂😂
Hello, I too am going to do it from 1st/Jan/2018!
So how's it going?
As I said in the talk, I don't think universities are going away and I don't think self-education is going to be the strict replacement. Rather, I believe that higher levels of knowledge and skill are going to be required in the future, and that extra demand is going to be from self-education. We already live in an era of self-education, I merely suggest the trend is going to continue.
I always do self education during final exams.
The 1.5x thing works. I started it as soon as he mentioned it, and actually, it helps me plow through even more TED talks while working on homework. ^-^
I love you don't know why :P
Jonathan Vivas Um thanks? haha
This makes a lot of sense, and I'm trying to figure out how to get there.
I do this. Lifelong learner here. I take MOOCs, put at 2x speed while watching CC. Do some reading using Spritzlet app at 400 wpm. Watch some videos on smart TV.
Thank you for a great and inspiring video.
Very helpful information. thanks
I've thought about teaching a few subjects via UA-cam, but the problem is that there's already so much out there. I'd rather be an advocate for self-education, since the amount of free material is already so abundant (and increasing rapidly)
me and my best friend wanted to become programmers, I dropped out of school from the 10th grade to teach my self programming, and I did it in less than 7 month !
2 years later he graduate while I m doing business ! :P
+Ahmad SQALLI Great ! , you became a web developer or a software engineer ?
Web Developer !
you should check up David Karp, creator of Tumblr. He dropped from school at 15 and started homeschooling. He even never returned to finish high school.
Is that why your English is terrible?
programming =/= CS though so. People don't need college if all they want to do is web develop.
Yup, he did say that. What I'm saying is much of the learning process happens because we often avoid the "quicker feedback". I'm not saying students have to wait a week to get their answers, which is often the case, but certainly not check them hand in hand. Checking answers before moving on to the next question removes the motivation to do further research and study, which I personally find the biggest part of the learning experience.There is a reason solutions are not out until a certain time.
You were right.
I too watch MIT OCW videos.
😁
A video that is immortal! Wow Scott