Tweets on a single topic ("Autodidactism") published within a short period.
Shown here in the order tweeted (earliest first).
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Mar 26 2011: "We don't need no education"—but few would learn without it! Without the structure of the classroom, they'd just watch TV all day. [view in context] 3763
Mar 26 2011: Education is the most inefficient form of learning—but the only way to teach the unmotivated. 3764
Mar 26 2011: Education replaces self-motivated learning with an artificial system of rewards and punishments. 3765
Mar 26 2011: Those who would abolish education fail to grasp the inertia of the average human, who wouldn't learn to read if it wasn't forced on him. 3766
Mar 26 2011: Humans are social creatures, doing things mainly for the approval of others, not for their own reward. 3767
Mar 26 2011: The social focus of humans allows learning to be passed from one generation to the next but generally blocks self-learning. 3768
Mar 26 2011: How can you learn if no one teaches you? You detect defects in your own skills and work to repair them. 3769
Mar 26 2011: The first barrier to autodidactism is detecting your own weaknesses. Few are strong enough to acknowledge them. 3770
Mar 26 2011: In school, the grade is clear and undeniable. When people grade themselves, they often get it wrong, swayed by their own ego. 3771
Mar 26 2011: The challenge of autodidactism is deciding what to learn and not getting stuck in unproductive eddies. 3772
Mar 26 2011: When people learn on their own, they do it efficiently, but they also tend to get stuck in repetitive, unproductive areas. 3773
Mar 26 2011: Autodidactism ain't for wimps! It requires dispassionate assessment of ones own weaknesses and willingness to address them immediately. 3774
Mar 26 2011: #### End. This has been a 1-hour essay by the Bad Dalai Lama: "Autodidactism" 3775
Mar 26 2011: Anything that can be learned from classes can be learned on your own, but you also need real experience to test that learning. 3776
Mar 26 2011: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." — Applies most strongly to creative fields. 3777
Mar 26 2011: To be a writer, write! To learn photography, pick up a camera. If you are waiting to be taught, then you've already failed. 3778
Mar 26 2011: Most people are poor autodidacts because they find any excuse to delay learning. A true self-learner does it now! 3779
Mar 26 2011: Most will say they can't learn because they don't have the right equipment or opportunities. An autodidact will work with whatever he has. 3780
Mar 26 2011: You don't need $1000s of equipment to learn photography. You need only the cheapest digital camera and the will to suck all you can from it. [view in context]
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