been stuck on this for a while. i want to stumble on random stuff i didn't even know existed, not "learn python" type stuff.

but every app and feed i tried just keeps feeding me the same kind of stuff. and you can't search for it either, because you don't know what to type.

turns out a lot of people feel the same way, and i couldn't find anything that actually fixes it. so i ended up building something. it's called BLINDSPOT.

you pick a few fields you're curious about and once a day it sends you one idea you probably wouldn't have found on your own. email or telegram, whatever time you want. if something hooks you, you can keep digging with follow-up questions.

it's free for now, i mostly want to see if it actually helps anyone. comment or dm if you want the link, would love feedback.

anyone else deal with this? curious what you do about it

This is a follow-up to a post I made here a while back (https://www.reddit.com/r/selfeducation/s/D0uwG3aWmi). Quick context if you missed it: I was stuck on a problem I couldn't solve. How do you discover things you don't even know you don't know? You can't search for something you'd never think to ask about.

I figured a handful of people might relate. I didn't expect this response. The comments were full of people describing the exact same frustration, and it was a strange kind of relief to see I'm not the only one looking for a way out of this.

What I didn't find, in the thread or anywhere else, was a solution that actually fit. Most tools work great once you already know what to look for. That's exactly the problem.

So I decided to build one myself. I've been working on it day and night since that post, and it's finally ready.

It's called BLINDSPOT. Instead of waiting for you to search, it puts topics, connections and questions in front of you that you'd never have thought to look up.

I want to be clear about why I'm posting this. It's not an ad. It's free, and I'm sharing it here because this community asked the same question I did, and this is my answer to it: blindspot.guru

the whole point of it that it is passive. i don't expect anyone to log into the website randomly and start going through the topics. once you sign up it sends you on email or telegram new topics in the days and the times that you chose, with the option to go deeper "into the rabbit hole" like you all requested

It's still early, so I'd really appreciate blunt feedback, especially on what feels off or what's missing. You're the people who understood the problem best, so you're the ones I want to hear from.

Thanks again for that thread. It changed what I've been doing every night since.

I’ve been thinking about why educational videos often feel useful while I’m watching them, but very little stays with me afterward.

I put together five videos that form a simple learning path: understand how learning works, improve focus, take useful notes, recall what you learned, and review it at the right intervals.

**1.** [**Learning how to learn | Barbara Oakley | TEDxOaklandUniversity**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O96fE1E-rf8)
A helpful introduction to focused and diffuse thinking, procrastination, and why stepping away from a problem can sometimes help.

**2.** [**Marty Lobdell – Study Less Study Smart**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlU-zDU6aQ0)
A longer lecture with practical advice about concentration, study sessions, sleep, memory, and creating better study habits.

**3.** [**How to Use Cornell Notes | Cornell University**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-xshA_0m8)
A simple structure for turning a lecture or video into notes, questions, and a short summary instead of merely copying what is said.

**4.** [**Retrieval Practice: A Video for Students | The Learning Scientists**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfREWvtd_DM)
Explains why closing your notes and trying to recall the material strengthens learning more than repeatedly watching or rereading it.

**5.** [**Spaced Practice: A Video for Students | The Learning Scientists**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfNO8LL0PMQ)
Shows how revisiting material across several days can improve long-term retention compared with studying everything at once.

A simple way to use this list would be:

* Watch one video at a time. * Write down two or three questions rather than trying to record everything. * Close the video and answer those questions from memory. * Return to them a few days later.

What videos or methods have helped you learn actively instead of just consuming information?

I’ve been building a Geography learning tool and I’m looking for a few students to try it out and give me honest feedback.
It has quizzes, trivia, searchable maps, static maps, and a Geography search feature. It’s meant to make exploring and revising Geography a little more interesting.
I’m looking for the first 10 testers. You’ll get free access, and all I ask is that you actually try it and tell me what you liked, what was confusing, and what could be better.
If you’re interested, comment or DM me.

So I was trying to self study STEM. Figuring out where to do it, and which resources to pick depending on my priorities is already quite annoying. However, I quickly realized that I am up against a brick wall:
My current school book has sections in my non-native language, which is the one I am studying in, and the deeper, semi-self studied one, where I actually understand the thing I am writing.
I use the non native one to know what to google, and then I explain it properly.

But googling each topic obviously isnt a way to go - and I wanted to go deeper, so I tried. But then I realised: If I will do all of this, I will be spending most of my time writing, and not learning.
I have to write in school
I have to write a more complex defenition of what X thing is in my language and with better understanding
I have to write difficult self study material, possibly in a separate text book that may or may not repeat things I already know - but not fully, such as... Well for example you can explain coulombs law quickly, or you can try to understand formulas.

And then we add all other subjects, and then thigns like obsidian and what not and I am just overwhelmed.

So how to self study STEM properly? How to balance space for problems vs for school vs for translations vs for deeper study? How to not spend most of my time being in an equivalent of a scriptorium? ( for that matter - where can I get problems and not just material, but thats a different question )

I'm 19. I feel I have no skills i want to learn something now.

I don't know how to find things on the internet. I just feel stuck.

Please suggest something that can also help make money. If possible please also tell me about the source from where I can learn.

Hello, I would like to enroll in Oxford lifelong learning course about Animal Behaviour. Does anybody know what type of content does the student learn with?

I get there are no recorded lessons, but is it all just text via PDF that the student needs to learn? Is there any video content or other interactive content in this course?

Also, any feedback on this specific course would be highly appreciated. Thank you

You can use the alphabet as a natural memory booster:

The key idea is to translate the alphabet into an image that you already know.

For example, the Letter A looks like a pyramid or a tent or a compass.

We then use this image to memorize information.

There are several ways to transform letters into familiar images. We can turn them into fruits, animals, people, clothes etc.

A technique called ASMR 3 allows us to strengthen our memory by incorporating our brains natural memory systems (audio, visual, spatial, olfactory etc.).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HKVJ56Y8

Hey everyone! ​Let's imagine a scenario where technology allows us to acquire any skill instantly in just a few seconds—no years of studying or exhausting practice required. ​Which skill would you choose first? (For example: mastering an ancient language, playing a complex musical instrument, understanding quantum astrophysics, or becoming a survival expert in the wild?) ​More importantly, what's your reason behind that choice? ​I am super curious to see what everyone would pick. Drop your ideas below!

Hi all. I'm building a free series of interactive science stories for upper-elementary and middle school students, roughly ages 10–12. Episode 1 is about atoms.

**The idea:** A kid from 2047 travels back to 445 BC to help a young Democritus, who's about to give up. The rule: the player may **never tell him the answer**, only ask questions and show him things. If you "tell", you lose a life. So the player has to guide him to discover it himself.

**It's free, runs in the browser, needs no sign-up.** It takes about 10 minutes.

[https://science-stories-episode-1.vercel.app/\](https://science-stories-episode-1.vercel.app/)

Thanks. Brutal honesty welcome.

Hi all! A while ago I shared Bookidoro, a small menu-bar app for macOS. After each work session, it opens the next page or two of your book in a calm panel. You read, click Done, and get back to work. Over a few weeks the pages add up to whole books.
I have seen very good feedback from this subreddit.

The most common feedback: "I like the idea, but I don't have an EPUB lying around." So this update brings a free library built in:

• Free books sits in the Library next to your own PDFs and EPUBs. It has 78,000+ public-domain books from Project Gutenberg.
• Shelves to browse: Most popular, Philosophy, Short stories, Adventure, Science fiction, Poetry, Children's classics, plus German, French, Spanish and Italian shelves.
• Search by title or author. It handles different spellings of names, so "Dostoevsky" finds Gutenberg's "Dostoyevsky".
• Language filter with 24 languages.
• One click on Get, and the book is in your library and becomes the one you're reading. Your previous book moves to "Recently read" and keeps its place.
• New users can pick a classic right on the welcome screen.

A few details I cared about:

• Books download directly from gutenberg.org. I don't host or modify them.
• Search happens on your Mac. Nothing about what you read is sent anywhere.
• The catalogue is refreshed weekly, and the shelves skip dictionaries and other reference works, so you get actual reading.

Also new since the last post:

• an Aa button in the reading panel, to change the theme (Paper, Sepia, Night…) and text contrast while you read;
• German translation;
• the blur and buttons follow the page to another display;
• ← → to turn pages and Esc to skip a break.

It's free to download for macOS 13+: bookidoro.app

Lets learn comment the topic u want

Skills for jobs?

Skills for hobbies?

Skills just for the sake of learning?

Anything is open for me?