Can you get an MIT education for $2,000? | Scott Young | TEDxEastsidePrep

Scott is a speed-reading, vegetarian, holistic learning, productivity hacking recent university graduate. And, for the last five years he's been experimenting to find out how to get more from life. His current project is to learn MIT's 4-year curriculum for computer science in 12 months, without taking any classes. Scott earned his Bachelor of Commerce Honors from the University of Manitoba and his blog features more than 850 articles and books focused on "getting more from life".

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[saeed]

I was reading his book titled "Ultralearning" then I decided to stop and search for him on YouTube, the book is mind-blowing and so his Tedx Talk. I am watching this video after 9 years and it's relevant and it will forever be. We can't thank you enough, Scott.

[bastiangutierrez]

*''You spent $ 150, 000 on an education that you could have earned for $ 1.50 in late fines at the public library.''*

[ahmadbittar]

"Self-education is the future". After coronavirus has started, we believe that you are totally right Scott:-)

[madhurpatel]

Self education is the future! Couldn't have agreed more.

[aerozg]

Self education is the next big thing. Most people alreday recognize this. Intellectually curious people are the ones that never stop learning. We are living in intersting times. The future will be awesome!

[Ali_Tabani]

this is an exact prediction of 2020, thank you too Scott.

[haamithsulthan]

Watching this video after 8 years. This one really made sense.

[morandoj]

Not only are you acquiring skills in computer science, Scott, but you are honing your skills as a public speaker and reaching an audience with a very compelling message. Nice job! Having raised three engineers and paid the price for their expensive tuition, I can also see the application of your philosophy at the lower levels of education, even as early as primary school. You give all of us much to think about.

[DaveCulligan]

Already watching the video at 1.5X speed and hearing him say that he watched them at 1.5x speed... lol

[Myplaylist]

In 2023, I just watched this TED and I thought it was something recent, 2022 at most and when I look at the release date... 2012! Wow, really visionary.

[giovanni]

"I didn't want the five-course meal; I wanted my education à la carte
."

[kazutama]

I'm Chinese in MIT and can't agree more. We need fast forward buttons

I've always believed in teaching myself. I'm bad at learning at a pace that others want me to learn at. In fact, I've learned more when I've learnt for myself than when I learnt for something in school. I'm happy to see this sort of thing get advertised.

[mmendi]

This is so true, I went to university, would have my smart friends who were older orally summarize the subjects of my test to me exactly the night before my test, would take the test and pass it. Then while working on my thesis I went back home - coincided with the pandemic, so I did not have my friends with extreme benefits and I found the second greatest option...Youtube, listening and taking notes from all the knowledgable people online....Now that was the actual university that I should have gone to in the first place....I would listen to the audios twice the actual speed and yes I did feel lonely because I could not interact with my friends and go places, but a substitute for that was the comments section of the videos, I learnt a lot from that section especially, the people who would take their time to share a thought and real life experiece....Other than the downside of becoming lethargic and getting extremely irritated and uncomfortable when people would ask me what are you doing (well yeh I don't know how to term it exactly) and also making some sort of wealth off of it, the amount of knowledge and intelligence you gain is inspiring and sort of worthwhile.

[EmmitWilson]

"the world is Changing to Fast to believe learning stops once you get your diploma" Awesome.

[simontechdev]

Please do not miss the important point here. Keep learning...

[DsVibe]

6:30 - I was sitting here wondering why I'm watching this... only to realize, he's now describing exactly what I've been doing for the past 1.5 months, a time-log for every task I take on each day!

[apblopes]

Great presentation, Scott. Direct to the point! congrats!

[PelvicGuru]

Very interesting talk! The rewind and replay features are key. I missed so much in the big college lecture halls!

[lovefrombooks]

Well, I was watching this video at 1.5 speed so I could get back to my homework faster...