> If someone doesn't have the motivation to get through college classes, it's unlikely that they'll have the motivation to learn on their own with online videos

> If someone doesn't have the motivation to get through college classes, it's unlikely that they'll have the motivation to learn on their own with online videos and exercises. If you don't have the motivation to learn something, then I posit that you haven't framed the topic in the right way. I like this quote from Feynman: > "I don't know anything, but I do know that everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough." The only way I'm going to put in the effort to learn something (really learn it, not just pass the class) is if I find it interesting in some way. I'm sure that awesome professors are great at framing topics in the right way, but I can also see myself doing that. For example, 3D graphics. There can be a lot of tedious math and programming involved, but if you can master it, you have the ultimate ability to visualize anything you can think of.