I was going through my old liked videos. There I saw a video by CGP grey talking about how technology could have create a “Digital Aristotle”, a tool which will help students to learn on their own pace and at whatever depth they wish to.
According to me, The best tool could be the YouTube algorithm. With the giant stream of videos that flood the platform every second, most of them are slop which doesn’t try to challenge the viewer in any way intellectually. But after carefully cultivating a algorithm using indicators such as the Like Button or Subscribe button, I can indicate the algorithm that I want to watch stuff similar to this content. Also using Dislike button or Do not recommend the channel to pushback videos or channels that you don’t want to watch.
I wish they could add a profile or a feed system that would allow for different feeds for specialized uses. What are your thought about this or is there any other better alternatives?
When I saw it back then I thought he was mostly right, now, not so much.
That would only work for a small subset of highly motivated individuals, on a single topic for as long as they are interested on that topic.
Most people need to ask questions and clarifications, and quite often someone else’s question what makes you realise that something wasn’t what you thought and that sparks new questions.