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> "You just don't get this with online or remote learning." I have learned literally more than 99% of my knowledgefrom strangers on the internet and ad hoc co
by john4532452 7y ago
> "You just don't get this with online or remote learning."
I have learned literally more than 99% of my knowledgefrom strangers on the internet and ad hoc conversations on irc and reddit.
- ardy42 7y ago> I have learned literally more than 99% of my knowledge[ ]from strangers on the internet and ad hoc conversations on irc and reddit. So? What's your "knowledge" and who were the strangers that taught it to you? It could be anywhere from Alexander Graham Bell to Alex Jones, but knowing IRC and Reddit, my money is that it's closer to the latter than the former.
- john4532452 7y agoI am a programmer by profession and I have a degree in computer science. My college taught me probably 1% of what i know, 99% of my knowledge is by suggestions from strangers on internet. You asked who those those strangers are. I don't know, that why they are called strangers. When i came across "How to be a Hacker" by eric raymond. It taught me how to learn on internet(asking questions). Then book suggestions from strangers on internet(examle: stackoverflow recommended books for programming) helped a lot to widen the knowledge. And for inspiration watching live 10+hr straight coding by George Hotz, direct replies from my heros John Carmack, Jonathon Blow on twitter and youtube comments is doing a pretty good job. I have done a few courses over coursera, and currently learning category theory. Internet education wins big easily over college education. May be college is required to inspire people but not educate them. That is obsoleted, because internet does that much better job.
- stallmanite 7y agoI learned all my social skills on Slashdot. What could go wrong?
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