LEARNING AS A WAY OF LIFE

Traditionally learning has been perceived as being linked to a physical space the classroom or at specific times like homework. It has been formalised. But what if learning was informal and happened all the time at every minute and could be used to achieve everyday goals rather than obtain certificates. What if you used your senses as research instruments to ask questions about things in your environment. Learning would be immediate and relevant to your current needs, this was how our ancestors learnt, they learnt to survive.

To do this, learning has to become a way of life, an obsession with knowing more about things. This curious mindset was apparent amongst thinkers throughout history. Leonardo da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin were both seen as autodidacts who taught themselves about things, asking why things were the way they were. Besides having a sharp eye for observing phenomena, they also built things to test their ideas by running informal experiments.