Posts by Samuel

The number of books I’ve gobbled up and excreted without retaining more than a tiny portion of their nutrients is pretty demoralizing.  Sure, I’ve changed through my reading of classics...

The other day I was taking a shower and had an idea for an interesting thought experiment about self-education.  If your goal was to develop wide-ranging knowledge, but you could only read...

Whether you want to self-study psychology to learn how to manipulate your roommate into doing their dishes or to develop a deeper understanding of the human mind, in all its glory and strangeness,...

If you’ve ever tried to teach yourself a new skill on your own, you’ve likely come across the terms autodidact and polymath on the internet.  Autodidacts are people who teach themselves...

There are numerous masters across many fields from the arts to business to mathematics who learned their skills primarily through self-directed study and intense practice. As an autodidact myself,...

A lot of people want to self-study economics outside of school. As someone with a bachelor's degree in economics, I can say that self-education is an extremely, well, economical choice.  I...