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> Neither are they unique - if you engage with meaningful content, of any kind, you can learn and improve yourself.

Youtube has been godsend for me last couple of years. It exposed my own ignorance about how little I knew about the world.

Now I usually type in 'BBC documentary' into youtube every night and watch it in bed. Also helps me get rid of some of the self-centered pre-bed anxiety.



May I suggest you watch Alain de Botton's Status Anxiety next time? Might hit two birds with one stone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1MqJPHxy6g


I hope you use f.lux or something similar if you're in front of a screen before going to bed. Otherwise the blue light from the monitor is likely doing your sleep more harm than watching the documentary.


Actually the harm to your sleep is done when using your computer in the night, rather than specifically in bed with your lights off.


I had planned that. Watch a documentary every day (most of them are one hour and a half long, that's the time you probably waste scrolling on facebook anyways, so imagine investing it on knowledge. 365 in a year are going to shift your perspectives 720 degrees.




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