research as a leisure activity
research is a way of life
it is an ongoing process that should be fun and led by curiosity and a desire to explore what is unknown to you
it goes beyond what formal education tells you research is— it should not feel like something you have to do. it should be something you love to do because research exists everywhere— research is looking up a recip
... See moreResearch as leisure activity is directed by passions and instincts . It’s fundamentally very personal: What are you interested in now ? It’s fine, and maybe even better, if the topic isn’t explicitly intellectual or academic in nature. And if one topic leads you to another topic that seems totally unrelated, that’s something to get excited about—no... See more
Celine Nguyen • research as leisure activity
Trigger agency by reminding ourselves how digital environments offer us endless possibilities of access, authorship and agency, not constraint
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
Instead of falling into endless content holes, how can we congregate and self-teach ourselves material which was once worth tens of thousands of dollars behind an ivy academic wall, and is now free on YouTube this very second?
Matt Klein • Unplugging Is Not the Solution You Want
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he idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on ideas
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