Home Improvement YouTube is amazing.
There's a reason we don't see modern Bob Vila-personalities on TV as much these days.
The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)
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#32I think this revolution needs to be taken further to masses at grass roots through remote learning model. Folks can take the courses from institutions across world via Youtube (or similar platform) for free and participate in an online certification for the course and get certified. I find that many talented and bright students can't financially afford degrees institutions
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#33There 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.
What you are saying applies to current school systems too. So many of my teachers were full of shit...
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#34Well, 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.
This kind of thing should be on Wikipedia. Too bad they don't really host videos.
Does Wikipedia allow for the embedding of Youtube videos? It'd be nice to embrace an existing library of video content.
The reverse relationship exists - Google readily displays Wikipedia content for specific searches.
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#35He listed 4 things that happened together
Quality affordable digital cameras
Internet for everyone
Search Engines
Portable screens
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#36There 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.
There are many lectures and conference talks from university professors who are at the top of their field on YouTube. You might be able to find better content than what's available in your local university class.
For example, Robert Sapolsky's lecture series on Human Behavioral Biology at Stanford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNnIGh9g6fA&list=PL848F2368C...
Stanford and MIT both have lots of lectures on YouTube.
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#37I am essentially a self-taught EE thanks to the internet. There is no shortage of engineers posting educational content, and no shortage of extremely knowledgeable engineers willing to directly help you with problems. I've done dozens of projects and even brought one to market.
I guess the flipside, in my experience it doesn't count as anything in the professional world. Since I back doored engineering, I am currently the technical lead on two projects at my job, both of which have vacant engineering lead positions - making me the defacto engineering lead. So I do the engineers work for technicians pay ($19/hr). I am also the only technician in the engineering dept. as opposed to the lab.
I should have just stuck with programming 20 years ago. Sorry this is a bit of a rambling tangent I went on. Maybe a warning to others that a degree is often more important than the knowledge the degree brings.
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#38I just tried to figure out what people actually watch on YouTube a couple of days ago without much luck. I came across some numbers but they only divided the videos into very broad categories like music, entertainment, education, and others or something like that. Is anybody aware of a more detailed look at this?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Really? I know of him as… Oz Trials, hobbyist computer magazines, publishing, lots of publishing, but digging holes and putting waste in it?
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#40I am essentially a self-taught EE thanks to the internet. There is no shortage of engineers posting educational content, and no shortage of extremely knowledgeable engineers willing to directly help you with problems. I've done dozens of projects and even brought one to market. I guess the flipside, in my experience it doesn't count as anything in the professional world. Since I back doored engineering, I am currentl…
Have you considered taking up programming now? In many ways, age is just a number.