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The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by echelon »

ttctciyf wrote: post #6
inglor_cz wrote: post #3

Well, I had a toilet problem a week ago. Looking it up on YouTube, I found a plumber who demonstrated a solution. Five minutes of work and the problem was resolved. IDK how much I saved, but at least 2000 CZK (approx. 80 dollars). Not to mention that I didn't have to wait for the plumber to arrive, which would take a few days, probably.

My YT fix tale: friend was throwing out an LCD TV because of weird colours, like solarization. I asked him for it, spent an hour searching youtube and found a TV engineer video with a likely solution: unplug the data cable where it feeds into the screen and scrape it clean. 7 years later and the TV is doing daily duty as a monitor for watching streamed content. I clean the cable once or twice a year, and one time had…

Did you tell your friend?

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by ttctciyf »

echelon wrote: post #11
ttctciyf wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My YT fix tale: friend was throwing out an LCD TV because of weird colours, like solarization. I asked him for it, spent an hour searching youtube and found a TV engineer video with a likely solution: unplug the data cable where it feeds into the screen and scrape it clean. 7 years later and the TV is doing daily duty as a monitor for watching streamed content. I clean the cable once or twice a year, and one time had…

Did you tell your friend?

Immediately! ;-)

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by INTPenis »

I just thought the other day that we won't need schools as much in the future. Teachers could just record material, or use pre-recorded material, to teach students online.

And then young people could take jobs earlier, in their teens, and learn about the world and find out what their interests are instead of regurgitating the same answers for the same old assignments over and over.

Find an interest, turn it into a job, be a bit happier.

Or just study and settle for something, either way I think there should be more freedom for young adults now with the internet.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by echelon »

senectus1 wrote: post #2

Funny this link just popped up, I was just marvelling at my 13 yr old son's self taught progression at programming. He's taken about 2 years to get from batch scripts to c# and unity... mostly via youtube videos. https://cyb3rgames.itch.io/trench-warfare Kids these days love to learn via self paced youtube *note, if you're going to let your kids watch youtube, either put your own anti-advert features in on your netwo…

I'm so glad to hear about this. I was beginning to think widespread use of smartphones was actually decreasing technical literacy and making it harder to learn. They're almost too easy and don't expose their inner workings as readily as desktop computers.

Now that you mention it, I bet there's actually a wealth of educational content on YouTube and TikTok that serves to counter this. Technical insights for any interest.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by bluGill »

INTPenis wrote: post #13

I just thought the other day that we won't need schools as much in the future. Teachers could just record material, or use pre-recorded material, to teach students online. And then young people could take jobs earlier, in their teens, and learn about the world and find out what their interests are instead of regurgitating the same answers for the same old assignments over and over. Find an interest, turn it into a jo…

Who dreams of being a trash collector? Taking trash to the landfill.

That is why your dreams will fail: there are unexciting things that need to be done for society to function.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by bluGill »

kiba wrote: post #9

There are all sort of wonderful educational videos on youtube, but it's like leading a horse to water. The hard part is now getting them to drink. That said, I do credit part of my education to Youtube University. I learned more about virology in details that I never thought about before. Still, I haven't yet complete the virology lectures.

But is what you learned correct? Anyone can claim to be an expert and put together a lecture. That doesn't mean what they are teaching is correct.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by ClumsyPilot »

polygotdomain wrote: post #10

I think the article is overthinking it a little bit, and I think it comes down to accessibility, enthusiasm, and to a certain degree a rapid pace in terms of content. There's no doubt that YouTube has made a number of these topics far more accessible. The inclusion of videos along side typical text searches means that it's just as easy to click on an article as it is one of those videos. There's also typically a mult…

Youtube deserves no credit: they do nothing to make educational videos more discoverable, they cannot even categorise them properly!

My 'feed' is filled with videos I already watched and typically the only way I discover new content is linked from HN or other sites.

Neither does Youtube treat their educational creators well - as far ad they are concerned, 'influencer' reviewing funny viseos has more value than educational content.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by XCSme »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #5

I think it also has a huge effect on sports. Especially the ones that aren’t on TV. When I did martial arts in the 90s it was super hard to find recordings of good Muay Thai or kickboxing fights. So you had to figure out things for yourself very slowly instead of seeing how the world class guys do it. Today’s youth can watch the best in the sport from all history and learn things way faster. So I expect the next gene…

Not only that, but for example for table tennis there are hundreds of high-quality teachers showing you the basics of the sport, sharing tips on how to get better, giving you professional advice on how to train and much more.

It is a lot easier nowadays to go from completely new to decent or even "good" in a specific domain by following some simple visual instructions.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by varrock »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #5

I think it also has a huge effect on sports. Especially the ones that aren’t on TV. When I did martial arts in the 90s it was super hard to find recordings of good Muay Thai or kickboxing fights. So you had to figure out things for yourself very slowly instead of seeing how the world class guys do it. Today’s youth can watch the best in the sport from all history and learn things way faster. So I expect the next gene…

Also, the ability to observe professional athletes in high definition. When I was first getting into tennis, I found it incredibly useful to see the best in the world practicing 4k 60fps [0].

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMa5xHfJlBg

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by zpeti »

bluGill wrote: post #15
INTPenis wrote: post #13

I just thought the other day that we won't need schools as much in the future. Teachers could just record material, or use pre-recorded material, to teach students online. And then young people could take jobs earlier, in their teens, and learn about the world and find out what their interests are instead of regurgitating the same answers for the same old assignments over and over. Find an interest, turn it into a jo…

Who dreams of being a trash collector? Taking trash to the landfill. That is why your dreams will fail: there are unexciting things that need to be done for society to function.

If you’re the only person willing to collect trash, people will pay you a lot of money to do it, and you’ll have a much nicer house, car, holiday, or whatever you want to spend it on.

Markets are great.

Felix Dennis: one of the richest people in the Uk got rich by digging holes and putting waste in it. And selling the dirt.

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