Do you continue to learn things as your life goes on?
I learn a lot. I thought of this by following a thought I had several days ago while reading a Scott Turow novel: I am expanding my vocabulary by reading this author.
I learn a lot of other things too. I taught myself Trap-Neuter-Return, making a lot of mistakes along the way (like releasing a feral cat, Ringtail, because she wasn't the one I was trying to trap).
I learn more every day, about things, by surfing or by listening to Mrs. V. break down the news. She has the patience to follow politics that I do not. I'm very thin-skinned and I survive by tuning out. But I can listen to Mrs. V.'s distillations and commentary without losing it.
How about you? What kind of ongoing education -- not counting structured learning (school) -- do you get?
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"The problem is there too much to learn, and not enough time."
are we here on this planet to entertain ourselves or educate ourselves ? I hope the answer is educate ourselves because we have been entertaining ourselves to death lately .
I am one old dog who wants to learn new tricks and keep learning for the sake of learning.
I'd say I'm connected to the net from the time I get out of the shower until I go to bed - be it by smartphone, work computer or laptop at night...any dumb question that pops into my head can be googled in seconds and sometimes I find out good stuff too. Recipes, histories, philosophies, Maple trees, et ceteries...not only is the problem too much to learn in too little time but retaining it seems to no longer be a priority for me. Why waste brain cells remembering stuff when I can just google it again? The cloud can be my memory while I devote my personal brain cells to tasting beer. 
"The cloud can be my memory while I devote my personal brain cells to tasting beer."
