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I believe in free education, one that’s available to everyone; no matter their race, gender, age, wealth, etc… This masterpost was created for every knowledge hungry individual out there. I hope it will serve you well. Enjoy!
FREE ONLINE COURSES (here are listed websites that provide huge variety of courses)
- Alison
- Coursera
- FutureLearn
- open2study
- Khan Academy
- edX
- P2P U
- Academic Earth
- iversity
- Stanford Online
- MIT Open Courseware
- Open Yale Courses
- BBC Learning
- OpenLearn
- Carnegie Mellon University OLI
- University of Reddit
- Saylor
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
- TED
- FORA
- Big Think
- 99u
- BBC Future
- Seriously Amazing
- How Stuff Works
- Discovery News
- National Geographic
- Science News
- Popular Science
- IFLScience
- YouTube Edu
DIY & HOW-TO’S (Don’t know how to do that? Want to learn how to do it yourself? Here are some great websites.)
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
- OpenStax CNX
- Open Textbooks
- Bookboon
- Textbook Revolution
- E-books Directory
- FullBooks
- Books Should Be Free
- Classic Reader
- Read Print
- Project Gutenberg
- AudioBooks For Free
- LibriVox
- Poem Hunter
- Bartleby
- MIT Classics
- Many Books
- Open Textbooks BCcampus
- Open Textbook Library
- WikiBooks
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Scitable
- PLOS
- Wiley Open Access
- Springer Open
- Oxford Open
- Elsevier Open Access
- ArXiv
- Open Access Library
LEARN:
1. LANGUAGES
- Duolingo
- BBC Languages
- Learn A Language
- 101languages
- Memrise
- Livemocha
- Foreign Services Institute
- My Languages
- Surface Languages
- Lingualia
- OmniGlot
- OpenCulture’s Language links
2. COMPUTER SCIENCE & PROGRAMMING
- Codecademy
- Programmr
- GA Dash
- CodeHS
- w3schools
- Code Avengers
- Codelearn
- The Code Player
- Code School
- Code.org
- Programming Motherf*?$%#
- Bento
- Bucky’s room
- WiBit
- Learn Code the Hard Way
- Mozilla Developer Network
- Microsoft Virtual Academy
3. YOGA & MEDITATION
- Learning Yoga
- Learn Meditation
- Yome
- Free Meditation
- Online Meditation
- Do Yoga With Me
- Yoga Learning Center
4. PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMMAKING
- Exposure Guide
- The Bastards Book of Photography
- Cambridge in Color
- Best Photo Lessons
- Photography Course
- Production Now
- nyvs
- Learn About Film
- Film School Online
5. DRAWING & PAINTING
6. INSTRUMENTS & MUSIC THEORY
- Music Theory
- Teoria
- Music Theory Videos
- Furmanczyk Academy of Music
- Dave Conservatoire
- Petrucci Music Library
- Justin Guitar
- Guitar Lessons
- Piano Lessons
- Zebra Keys
- Play Bass Now
7. OTHER UNCATEGORIZED SKILLS
- Investopedia
- The Chess Website
- Chesscademy
- Chess.com
- Spreeder
- ReadSpeeder
- First Aid for Free
- First Aid Web
- Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Please feel free to add more learning focused websites.
*There are a lot more learning websites out there, but I picked the ones that are, as far as I’m aware, completely free and in my opinion the best/ more useful.
“Wrong Century” by Tomas Kucerovsky
the look of wistfulness on her face just punches me straight in the heart
this is literally my favorite piece that ever comes up on tumblr and if you want me to change my mind well then goOD LUCK WITH THAT
“— LMNL SPACE”Two-Minute Personality Test
By Jonathan Safran FoerWhat’s the kindest thing you almost did? Is your fear of insomnia stronger than your fear of what awoke you? Are bonsai cruel? Do you love what you love, or just the feeling? Your earliest memories: do you look though your young eyes, or look at your young self? Which feels worse: to know that there are people who do more with less talent, or that there are people with more talent? Do you walk on moving walkways? Should it make any difference that you knew it was wrong as you were doing it? Would you trade actual intelligence for the perception of being smarter? Why does it bother you when someone at the next table is having a conversation on a cell phone? How many years of your life would you trade for the greatest month of your life? What would you tell your father, if it were possible? Which is changing faster, your body, or your mind? Is it cruel to tell an old person his prognosis? Are you in any way angry at your phone? When you pass a storefront, do you look at what’s inside, look at your reflection, or neither? Is there anything you would die for if no one could ever know you died for it? If you could be assured that money wouldn’t make you any small bit happier, would you still want more money? What has been irrevocably spoiled for you? If your deepest secret became public, would you be forgiven? Is your best friend your kindest friend? Is it any way cruel to give a dog a name? Is there anything you feel a need to confess? You know it’s a “murder of crows” and a “wake of buzzards” but it’s a what of ravens, again? What is it about death that you’re afraid of? How does it make you feel to know that it’s an “unkindness of ravens”?
“ Der Mensch ist nur dann beweglich, wenn er einen Ort hat, zu dem er zurückkehren kann. [...] Es geht um eine existenzielle Bestimmung und Verankerung. Der Mensch hat ein existenzielles Naturrecht darauf, irgendwo festen Boden unter den Füßen zu haben. Jeder Mensch muss das Gefühl haben können, hier habe ich Anerkennung, hier kennen mich die Menschen. Gerade die aktuellen Ideologien von Arbeitsbeziehungen führen dazu, dass die Menschen immer stärker das Gefühl haben, sie werden herumgestoßen. [...] Einer der kollektiven Lernprozesse nach 1945 bestand darin, erkannt zu haben, dass die Existenzsicherheit der Menschen und das Gefühl, dass sie nicht herumgestoßen werden, ein wesentliches Element der Stabilität von Demokratien sind. Wenn das zerbrochen wird, wenn der Sozialstaat geplündert wird, dann ist Demokratie auf das Äußerste gefährdet. ”— Oskar Negt (Sozialphilosoph)
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