I am looking for a self-improvement alternative to doom scrolling social media in my downtime. In the past, I have done mostly career oriented courses (tech/computer science), but I’m tired of those, want to branch out. Has anyone taken a MOOC class, not necessarily for any specific objectibe, that was especially good?
Study physics. It never hurts to know some physics.
i liked the ‘introduction to mathmatical thinking’ mooc from stanford. its free on coursera
Cant recommend meditation enough.
I pursued Zen seriously for a while, I still practice at times, should do it more.
Literally anything you find interesting.
Learning begets learning. The more you learn the easier learning becomes.
So start learning things that are interesting… then worry about things tha are “valuable”.
Stanford and Harvard both have all sorts of interesting lecture series online! Harvard has stuff like urban design, religious history, art history, the relationship between cooking and physics, biology, Chinese history and much more!
https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free
Haven’t taken any with Stanford but here’s a link to their catalogue:
I’m basically in the same boat as OP but this reminded me that I love learning languages.
Mandarin is a huge challenge but after programming all day, it’s actually incredible the way my brain feels after practicing with a tutor for an hour. Originally I meant to get away from the computer but ended up using an online service.
What are you passionate about?
Music (but not a very good musician), other cultures and international travel, history.
Hey I’m not a good musician either, maybe we should collaborate! Either way join us at [email protected]
I did, thanks!
Sweet, what kind of music do you like or play? Any instrument?
I play keyboards, have a decent electronic piand which doubles as a MIDI controller. I like prog, the nerdier end of techno/electronica/hip-hop, and classical. LCD Soundsystem, Stereolab, King Crimson.
Sounds like we would have some stylistic overlap then. What DAW do you use?