The best thing you can do is travel, and also aim to learn a new language (it'll open up your eyes to how much else is out there). Particularly today, where most cities have co-working spaces with strong communities & community platforms like StartupDigest.com are active around the world with weekly events, it's easier today to travel & work for a few weeks than ever before. Whenever I find myself in a predictable routine as well, I like to attend conferences; I find the energy there is always helpful.
Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
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Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#12get off your computer
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#13Learn a a new language.
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#14Most of my knowledge exploration comes from real world encounters. I moved to an older, partially-decaying, partially-gentrifying U.S. city and wanted to learn all about its history. What happened to all these crumbling old buildings? Why are certain areas blighted? Where did all the old ethnic communities go? Back in 2008, shortly after I started earning money and investing in the stock market, the market crashed. S…
Please do! I at least would enjoy reading about any and all of those topics. The learning about new things is what fascinates and interests me and I would prefer reading about things I have previously no idea about. Very much appreciated if you could share some of these things you've learned.
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#15Get a copy of Merriam Webster's Visual Dictionary and just go through its approx. 1000 pages of high-quality illustrations. It efficiently introduces you to countless tip-of-the-ice-berg topics/industries that are very much remotely related to tech. It humbles you and evokes that feeling of self-insignificance like when you look at aerial view of cities through an airplane window.
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#16Go read about stocks/etfs/etc. This topic is very underrated, but it's so important!
Getting to know more about this topic changed the way I read the news and see the world/politics.
Also money.
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#17Keep asking questions like this one.
:-)
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#18Get a copy of Merriam Webster's Visual Dictionary and just go through its approx. 1000 pages of high-quality illustrations. It efficiently introduces you to countless tip-of-the-ice-berg topics/industries that are very much remotely related to tech. It humbles you and evokes that feeling of self-insignificance like when you look at aerial view of cities through an airplane window.
> It humbles you and evokes that feeling of self-insignificance like when you look at aerial view of cities through an airplane window.
What does it matter how small you are compared to a city, the world, or the Universe? How is that supposed to be humbling? It's more inspiring than "humbling" to know that there is a vast world which I am not knowledgeable about. Being as big as a city, the world or the Universe wouldn't fill me with self-importance; it would fill me with "what's the point".
Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#19I would try any one of these:
* Volunteer
* Take up an outdoor hobby
* Learn a new spoken language
* Read a seminal work in a vastly different field from computer science (say, "The Interpretation of Dreams" by Freud)
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Re: Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?
#20The Stuff You Should Know podcast is a great way to get introduced to all sorts of topics. Josh and Chuck are super funny guys, and usually know what they're talking about.