"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." Or is it?
Six years ago I read this sentence by Donny Miller and became obsessed with it. “In the age of information, ignorance is a choice”. This is the age of information. I felt empowered, inspired, and most of all, I thought it was true as well.
I am a living example of how this can be true. I have a formal Engineering education, a luxury for many families. Yet, the concepts I learned during my engineering education contribute to maybe 1% of what I do today to earn a living. The other 99% is a mix of experience, and knowledge I acquired on the internet, for free.
I started studying AI online years ago. For free. I keep myself up to date by reading blogs and research papers, for free. I studied digital marketing, accounting, web development, UX design all online, for free.
The Kenyan priest who hosted me in Mombasa didn’t have running water, but he had a laptop and an internet connection. His compatriot athlete Julius Yego started his javelin throwing career watching YouTube tutorials. When he started winning big and journalists asked him who was his coach, and he said “YouTube”.
