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Udacity: I’m Taking a Stance Against “The Pursuit of Lifelong Learning”
Let me explain.First, I want to distinguish between “lifelong learning” and lifelong learning. The first is a phrase, the second a behavior. The behavior I have no problem with. It’s a prerequisite for staying relevant in a rapidly changing world. But I’m taking a stance against the phrase. To tell me I should “pursue lifelong learning” is a fact. It’s obvious and offers me no insight. Of course I should pursue lifelong learning. I should also eat right and exercise. But how?!I really struggled with this question in my first year of college. At that time I was not a pursuer of lifelong learning. Don’t get me wrong: I still learned. But I did it reluctantly. I learned in 12-hour sessions which ended 20 minutes before the start of an exam.But not everyone was like me. I remember watching with envy as some of my impossibly-enlightened friends spent the night after (yes, after) the exam trying to figure out how to solve that one exam que…