Fine tools for learning

In such a wonder-filled world, I am always in a state of learning. Here is my collection of tools that I have found useful for that. They teach both skills and knowledge about the state of the world.

If you have fine learning tools to share, please get in touch.

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Screen shot of the front page of wikiHow web site. Text reads 'Welcome to wikiHow, the most trusted how-to site on the internet.' There is an image of a stack of books on the right and a search box.

wikiHow

What is wikiHow? WikiHow is a web site that provides information about how to do everyday things. The wikiHow mission is to 'help everyone in the world learn how to do anything'. The web site is at https://www.wikihow.com and you don't need to sign up…

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80000 hours

What is 80000 hours? 80000hours.org is a career guidance web site aimed at highly educated people who want to do satisfying work that has a positive impact on the world. Highly skilled individuals will work for around 80 000 hours over the course of their…

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Gapminder

The Gapminder website opens with the provocation that you are probably wrong. Wrong about important subjects like global warming, migration, poverty and international conflicts. For the average intellectually-leaning person who (like me) considers themselves reasonably well-informed, it is hard not to read on – to…

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A map of the world

Our World in Data

How would you like to be good at predicting the future? I mean, ever since we consulted Oracles in ancient Greece we’ve wanted to know what’s going to happen. Pinker, in Enlightenment Now, tells us about research into what makes people good at predicting, that…

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