The way I look at it, if a technique works for getting myself to learn stuff I'm happy to take advantage of it. E.g. if fantasizing about using obscure physics

The way I look at it, if a technique works for getting myself to learn stuff I'm happy to take advantage of it. E.g. if fantasizing about using obscure physics knowledge casually in a conversation is going to help me learn physics, and I want to learn physics, I'll fantasize away. I don't see much utility in reading the news though. I'd much rather see this on a video lecture site.