After reflecting on how schools often fail to deliver lifelong learning, I argue that self‑education—beginning with acclaimed non‑fiction titles and continuing through hands‑on projects such as digital painting in Krita, 3D modeling in Blender, or JavaScript programming—provides the real path to intellectual independence. By embracing curiosity, treating learning as a joyful adventure rather than a graded test, and taking responsibility for one’s own growth, students can become “great beings” who build better schools that lift humanity out of poverty.

The post explains that programming boils down to organizing data and behavior into a coherent structure using the core building blocks of variables, functions, if‑statements, loops, and objects—each grouping the others in a natural hierarchy. Variables hold values (like “serverAddress = 'example.com'”), functions perform actions or return new variables, if‑statements branch logic, loops iterate over collections, and objects bundle related variables and methods together (e.g., `player.go('north')` or `room.connect('north', createRoom('Bathroom'))`). The author illustrates this with a MUD example where rooms, players, and inventory items are all objects that expose methods such as `.go()` and `.drop()`. He further notes that HTML tags can be seen as dehydrated object hierarchies, and templating engines like Svelte hydrate them back into live objects. In short, the article shows how to think of a program as a nested set of objects whose properties (variables) and methods (functions) are orchestrated by control flow (if/loop), making JavaScript an ideal language for building such structures.

The post proposes a cookbook‑style guide for learning math and programming in a real‑world context—specifically as a tool to lift people out of poverty. It frames each lesson like a recipe, with clear examples (including links to video tutorials) that students can browse, test, and master at their own pace, gaining “powers” to tackle more complex tasks. The guide also includes practical challenges such as building a startup from idea to funding, all designed for one person to complete without discouragement. Finally it envisions the book being freely available in the public domain or under GPL, inviting community contributions of bugs, repairs, translations and enhancements, with the ultimate goal that learning “grows up” until everyone becomes wise and great beings.

The author proposes re‑structuring education into a flexible, tree‑like system of subject clusters drawn from real‑world fields such as those listed in Y Combinator’s RFS (e.g., Education, Software, VR/AR, AI, Healthcare, Government 2.0, Nature & Adventure, Art, Design, Music, Web/App Development, 3D Modeling, Open‑source OS, Jewelry via JSCAD, etc.), allowing students to explore and revisit topics at their own pace; they argue that current subject divisions are wrong, schools are misused, and war is a distraction for leaders; they envision an economy where universal income (US$100/day) supports students, who learn math by applying it to entrepreneurial projects; the system eliminates grades and graduation, keeping doors open for continuous learning.

The post argues that creative pursuits—painting, programming, composing, rhyming, singing, sculpting, building, and inventing—are all forms of genuine knowledge because they interconnect and reinforce each other. It illustrates this with 3‑D modeling, where understanding vertices, edges, and faces is essential not only for the models themselves but also for designing effective user interfaces; mastering these concepts enables richer UI design even when it seems complex at first glance. The author then describes a “hacker” as an educated, cross‑disciplinary thinker who can surpass specialists by applying knowledge from one domain to another, and emphasizes that such versatility is rare but powerful. Finally, the post laments how modern schooling often delivers fragmented, pre‑packaged learning that stifles this cross‑stream thinking; it calls for a reformed education system that nurtures continuous growth and creative synthesis rather than rigid grades or standardized exams.

The post argues that contemporary schooling relies on a system of threats—bad grades, class attendance, lunch fees—and the promise of future benefits (military enlistment, college admission, student loans) to keep students obedient, but this approach neglects real learning and curiosity. The author claims that grades are merely a fabricated metric used by teachers and colleges to gauge performance rather than knowledge, and that interviews and standardized curricula further reinforce cramming over true understanding. He suggests that if education were truly based on knowledge and self‑driven exploration, students could launch startups, deepen their expertise, and achieve real growth instead of merely pretending to succeed for future opportunities.

The author argues that many problems—crime, war, poverty—stem from a “sequence” of misapplied fixes rather than true solutions: people become criminals when stress turns ordinary individuals into hardened actors, yet prisons only lock them in that state; similarly, women’s lack of education is a deliberate tool to keep them obedient and prevent uprisings. He calls for real, individualized learning—beyond “fake” schooling—to empower people to start businesses, innovate, and escape poverty. Finally he urges the world to adopt universal income and free, quality education as a means of rebuilding humanity, so that every nation can offer its citizens true learning and thereby unleash their greatness.

The post opens with a rant about the endless troubles in programming and the irony that writing less code sometimes brings more success, then critiques confusing languages, startup advice, and broken interfaces; it proposes that real value comes from letting users build simple programs on their phones by composing small “actions” into sequential groups, providing an action marketplace and attaching conversational user‑interface components to those actions so that each step can pop up with its own UI when executed—an approach grounded in functional programming that keeps the program structure clear while giving users a tangible way to create, customize, and monetize their apps.

The post paints a poetic picture of a “multiplex” that burns books, builds walls and prisons, destroys minds, and feeds on poverty and distraction—only needing five books to infect the mind. It says its greatest fear is the non‑follower, the hidden thinker, and proposes that the cure lies in the voices of young people who narrate their own knowledge: by reading, speaking out against old ways, they become philosophers, artists and scientists, understand politics, heal divisions, and bring humanity toward greatness.

The post celebrates the accessibility of web‑development tutorials by highlighting Svelte’s clean, step‑by‑step guide (and its counterparts in Vue.js and React), and argues that learning programming is a matter of building mental scaffolds rather than memorizing formulas; it points out how prior knowledge speeds up the process and how free‑form tools like p5.js let you explore math through sound, graphics, and vector manipulation—so that the routine calculations become automatic and you can reinvent concepts such as vectors, magnets or attractors—ultimately stressing that programming offers limitless horizons for anyone who pursues it on their own terms.

The post reflects on individual learning styles and the need for personalized reading, asserting that each person’s pace and sequence of understanding are shaped by their own knowledge and experiences; it argues that no single textbook can teach everyone, but every book offers useful ideas suited to its reader. It notes how passion can be lost under waiting lists or insufficient prerequisites, and how authentic learning empowers one to spot liars and manipulators in a world overwhelmed by pretenders. The author calls for self‑education through countless powerful books, stressing that only by rising above poverty, stress, and misdirected curricula can we recover peace, safety, and wisdom.

The post proposes a flow‑based programming model that relies on event listeners to drive streams of data through simple processing steps—illustrated by tracking mouse X,Y coordinates across a web page, filtering them only when the button is pressed, and then painting colored pixels along the path. It envisions building such programs as a sequence of text paragraphs that describe each step (listener, filter, painter) and can be assembled into a visual graph using Cytoscape.js; this text‑first approach lets developers describe functionality before it exists, while an automated code generator turns those descriptions into unit tests and bounty posts for missing parts.

I started by learning hard‑surface modeling in Blender and built a box of wallets and dodads, then moved to Krita to improve my drawing skills with portraits and reference images; later I returned to Blender for sculpting, geometry nodes, and procedural generation of hinges and rings, leading me to design my first Captain Planet ring. During this process I discovered a Baroque kit‑bash on CGTrader, purchased 150 neat decorations for $5, and imported them as .fbx files into Blender, setting origins and scaling appropriately. Using the lattice modifier (resolution 4) and mirror modifier I could distort and duplicate the flat arrangements around the ring, though my initial Boolean unions failed to fuse the rings into a single object; I plan to simplify by keeping one Boolean operation. Overall, the post stresses that keeping geometry simple, using mirrored copies, and limiting adjustments to one side helps avoid errors, and concludes with encouragement for beginners to practice jewelry modeling in Blender by loosely recreating Captain Planet or Dark Souls rings.

The post argues that a world full of liars can be redeemed by “free and open” books, especially those narrated or written by their authors, and that libraries are the key to shaping a wiser future. It calls for classrooms that become adventures rather than rigid factories, urging students to learn through exploration. The author then quotes Vonnegut, Rand, Thoreau, and Whitman as examples of how literature can spark personal growth and societal change, and ends with a rallying appeal: let wisdom be our treasure, and let the best of quotes and poems seed future writings.

Drawing with reference images in Krita is simple and effective: set the image at 50 % opacity, use the eyedropper for accurate colors, and practice with cheap pen‑and‑tablet setups. Tutorials on YouTube help you master this workflow, while other creative fields—like jewelry design or metal casting—can be explored once comfortable. The post also stresses that many artists claim “tracing” is a flaw, but using reference is simply disciplined practice; humility and honest self‑description (“I’m just practicing shapes”) keep you on track. By consistently learning from references, sharing your progress, and teaching others, you can grow into a confident hyper‑realist artist who exhibits in galleries and leads local workshops.

The author describes the creative process behind writing a whimsical poem that blends their love for programming with playful wordplay and self‑learning of English. They recount how they began the piece after waking up feeling bored, struggled to find an interesting topic, narrowed down from 47 options to 11, then finally chose one theme. The poem itself mixes technical references (e.g., “programming is a lyrical flea”) with playful rhymes and puns (“peel”/“kneed”), reflecting both the joy of coding and the challenge of mastering language. Throughout, the narrator humorously narrates their journey from learning basic words to forming full sentences, illustrating how practice turns simple sounds into meaningful expression.

The post explores the promise and pitfalls of visual programming, arguing that while it can make program flows more visible, its current implementations—especially those built on wire‑based frameworks like Rete.js—often end up with tangled connections, hard‑to‑read layouts, and poor mobile support. It

The post argues that today’s schools prioritize rote memorization for teachers’ paychecks, which hinders true learning, while early, engaged education—rather than late, profit‑driven schooling—equips students and leaders alike to make informed decisions and avert crises like war.

The post opens with a fortune‑cookie proverb that “if you do the same things you've always done, you'll get the same results,” which the author applies to generations rather than individuals. He then argues that unless someone actively prevents it, nuclear war will happen and politicians’ delayed sanctions will not stop it; this illustrates how repeating past mistakes leads to disaster. The writer stresses that real education—self‑made learning beyond school grades—is essential for creativity, medical care, and avoiding poverty, and that only through intellectual independence can one break the cycle of repeated errors. He concludes by listing many philosophers and books as resources to inspire that self‑education, affirming that becoming a great being comes from mastering knowledge and wisdom.

I noticed the delay/echo effect in songs after hearing Giorgio Moroder’s performance, tried to replicate it with 16th‑note patterns and LMMS but felt something was missing; then discovered the open‑source program MusE for drum sounds, and while exploring its composition features I also wrote a tiny code snippet using Tone.js that applies Ping‑Pong delay to three notes (demo link), noting that visual programming frameworks like Rete could integrate with Tidal notation—concluding that there’s still plenty to learn about computer music and electronic history.

The post argues that politics has ruined education: high tuition, low teacher pay and arbitrary curricula create a collapsed system that breeds cults, nationalism and war. It calls for removing politicians’ control of schools, re‑investing in teachers and students, and building a real, profound educational system—ideally supported by peer‑reviewed materials or game‑based learning—that will produce educated voters who can govern wisely.

This poem reflects on the present state of the world, where uneducated leaders spread propaganda and a future seems inevitable but uncertain. It laments poverty’s squeezing effect and the way “liars and ghouls” use people as tools for war, endless demands, or fabricated achievements, while human rights seem neglected. The speaker urges that a generation must leave its darkness behind, learn, read, and bring light to its mind so it can change its fate. By being well‑read and tackling big challenges, the youth can repair what has gone wrong, invite others to grow, break the cycle, and finally make the “ghouls” farewell—so that people become the true fabric of tomorrow.

The post surveys how visual‑programming libraries such as Rete can be turned into practical tools that let users build programs by arranging nodes, then export those designs to JSON or code; the generated code is meant for a variety of targets—from local execution and Electron GUIs to task queues and auto‑provisioned server networks—so that the resulting applications are both high‑quality and invisible as machine‑generated. Users can create their own node types, package them into reusable groups, publish them on a free marketplace, and let a small company handle quality review and payments; this ecosystem is positioned as a low‑bar entry point for programmers, a way to prototype custom software for enterprises, and ultimately a learning platform that lets people build a startup by mastering visual programming.

The post argues that schoolteachers are mainly motivated by pay rather than student learning, so they stick to scripted lessons and tests that favor memorization over true understanding. It claims that this system forces students into rigid grades tied to obedience, not intelligence, and that the curriculum (especially in math) relies on rote formulas like tau instead of a historical, conceptual grasp. The writer urges learners to pursue self‑education—listening to books, studying programming, 3D modeling, and other practical skills—to truly master concepts and become “great beings” beyond the school’s superficial marks.