> "Exactly. Self directed education is as much about ignoring information you don't need as it is about absorbing information." Not everything that you're inte

> "Exactly. Self directed education is as much about ignoring information you don't need as it is about absorbing information." Not everything that you're interested in will end up covering the most important new developments of the day. For example, if you spend most of your self-directed learning focused on learning about physics, you may miss news related to the economy, and it could turn out that there's an important event related to the economy that you should be aware of. In such cases, you will be relying on the expertise of others in the field. Speaking generally, it's healthy to have a passing interest in many things, as long as you can also acknowledge that your understanding of things you don't spend a lot of time on is likely to be limited.