Archive - Knowledge Lust

May 2025

How I'm Using Chat-GPT as my Personal Oxford Book Tutor

Using gen AI to test me on books, prompt active recall, and force me to think more deeply about what I'm reading.

May 29 •

How to apply seasonality to self-education

Avoiding burnout, letting your curiosity steer the ship, and turning summer into a season of intellectual freedom.

May 22 •

Literary Interpretation: An Act of Self-Transformation?

How the search for meaning in literary works enhances your life

May 15 •

How to Start Reading Classic Novels: A 10-Step Plan for Beginners

Based on my transformation from non-reader to habitual reader of the classics

May 8 •

Can You be Well-Educated Without College?

Or are you forever barred from intellectual life?

May 6 •

April 2025

3 videos/articles on autodidactism, reading, and classical education

Stuff I've been consuming in April (aside from burritos)

Apr 26 •

Autodidact Spotlight #1: Peter Shull, self-taught novelist

An interview on self-learning the craft of fiction, outside an MFA program

Apr 24 •

2 tools I use to find college syllabi, reading lists, and lectures

To inform the creation of my DIY courses and self-study plans

Apr 22 •

How to self-study economics like an econ major

An 11-step Self-Education Roadmap

Apr 17 •

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