It's unbelievable that the average human being has access to the lectures of some of the best universities in the world for free. 31 hours of in-depth mathematics by some of the best people in their field.
Although I have always been struggling with keeping up with long lecture playlists. I always try to find shorter videos which explain the concept faster (although probably lacking depth). And end up ditching it halfway as well. Perhaps the real motivation to keep up with the material comes from actually enrolling the university? Has anyone completed such type of lectures by themselves? How do you stay consistent and disciplined?
I find courses in some platforms (coursera/khanacademy) a bit more motivating because they kind of push me with deadlines. I guess I am used to deadline-oriented studying.
This reminds me of Asimov's Jokester story where the same themes are explored - there is an all-knowing computer but someone needs to ask the correct questions.
"Early in the history of Multivac, it had become apparent
that the bottleneck was the questioning procedure. Multivac
could answer the problem of humanity, all the problems, if it
were asked meaningful questions. But as knowledge accumulated
at an ever-faster rate, it became ever more difficult
to locate those meaningful questions.
Reason alone wouldn't do. What was needed was a rare
type of intuition; the same faculty of mind (only much more
intensified) that made a grand master at chess. A mind was
needed of the sort that could see through the quadrillions of
chess patterns to find the one best move, and do it in a matter
of minutes."
This fallacy also assumes that free will exists (it does not) and you could have made different choices (you couldn't have). Accepting that your choices are not free and are influenced by multiple factors (such as your current state, your knowledge at the time, your emotions, your past, upbringing, genetics even, the people you interact with) makes you realize that regret is meaningless.
Although I have always been struggling with keeping up with long lecture playlists. I always try to find shorter videos which explain the concept faster (although probably lacking depth). And end up ditching it halfway as well. Perhaps the real motivation to keep up with the material comes from actually enrolling the university? Has anyone completed such type of lectures by themselves? How do you stay consistent and disciplined?
I find courses in some platforms (coursera/khanacademy) a bit more motivating because they kind of push me with deadlines. I guess I am used to deadline-oriented studying.
If anyone else is struggling with attention span and is looking for shorter lectures (although they may not have the same depth): https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorDaveExplains/playlists