And I think that there's still a lot of subjects that people would like to
learn but maybe there isn't a MOOC for it.
And I think there's also some disadvantages to MOOCs.
In particular if you want to learn something a little bit
more advanced MOOCs can sometimes be a bit harder because they tend to be written for
audience with no prerequisites, no requirements.
So you might feel that if you wanted to do, you know, some physics it
isn't just an intro physics class, this is a little bit harder, because you know,
they are expecting that I haven't learned calculus or
I haven't learned something different.
And so what I recommend is using MIT's open course ware's incredible.
It has literally hundreds, I don't know whether it has thousands of courses, but
it has just such a huge volume of courses.
And sometimes the courses aren't really well supported, like they
don't have videos, they don't have, it's not as hands-on as, as these MOOCs.
But I've found sometimes what they'll have is they'll have the exams in the problem
sets and a list of the readings, and a link to a textbook.
I can buy the textbook used on Amazon for $15 sometimes.
And I'd get it delivered, and I would do it, and honestly I felt like I
sometimes learned more from those courses than the video lecture courses.
So I think if you are willing to be bit more adventurous,
there's literally almost no topic you can't learn through this kind of
structured, university-like format through the resources available online.
>> It's an explosion in learning how to learn.
I mean this, the what's available now to the public is just absolutely phenomenal.
And so anyone who has an interest in pretty much anything can,
can do some great exploration.
So as our, our wrap up question here,
you've written that you, you can learn more by studying less.
What do you mean by that?
>> All right, so
I think you've touched on it a lot in this course that you're offering.
That people get caught up in low efficiency, low intensity studying habits,
and because they learn a lot slower with those methods they end up
spending a lot more time studying.
And because they're spending a lot more times studying,
which is naturally more tiring, you go into less efficient studying methods.
It's a little bit like exercising.
It's as if, you know, you're not getting the exercise results you want, so
you extend your workout from one hour to two hour.
But now you're not working out as, more intensely, so you make it four hours.
And now, you know, you really can't do more than just a light jog for four hours,
or maybe just walking.
And eventually, it eats up all of your time.
But you're, you're not having the intensity that your muscles in
your body really need to get physical improvement.
And similarly, I think the same is true with mental improvement.
So what I try to do is,
I try to pick specific chunks of time that I'm going to study.
And they don't have to be too big.
So right now, I'm learning Korean over at least three months.
And I'm actually only doing three to four hours a day.
Of studying time, which is considerably less than I
would say a typical full-time student studying Korean.
But I think that I've been making quite good progress just
because the actual time I'm spending is highly focused.
This kind of test yourself feedback so
that I'm using things like Anki for flashcards.
And I'm doing actual conversations one-on-one with a tutor.
And these things are very efficient, but they are also very intense.
But the benefit of that is that you have more time and you can relax outside of it.
>> Great advice and as always, great advice from you.
I know I've learned a lot and really enjoyed following your adventures and,
and getting new tips on learning from you.
So I thank you so much, Scott.
And we'll see you on the flip side.
>> Well, thank you very much for letting me be a part of this.
I, I really hope the students taking this course found some value in it,
the video I put together.