Self-Education in the Age of the Internet
My friend Wayne made a post on his Facebook Wall earlier today: Everyone should dedicate one hour to education per day. Yea, go do something useful. Now, I actually do this already. I am always looking for documentaries, lectures, debates and whatnot in order to further my understanding of science and of the world in general. The more I think about it, the more I realize that this is something that everyone should do. I realize that many people have little free time in their lives, but I say do it anyway. Learning is the absolute best use of your time, in my opinion, and it has innumerable benefits. For one thing, learning will challenge your preconceptions. I can't count how many times I have watched Lawrence Krauss' lecture 'A Universe From Nothing', because it completely changed my perspective on how the Universe actually works. This has happened to me on a number of occasions, on such topics as cosmology, biology, chemistry, and physics...