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128 Things To Learn

John Spacey, December 09, 2022

Things to learn include hobbies, sports, academic subjects, social talents, life skills, crafts, arts, philosophies, wellness practices and ways of thinking. Modern people have unprecedented access to learning materials, instruction and other resources such as leisure time. The ability to learn throughout life is a wonder opportunity that allows us to experience life at great depth and variety. The following are examples of things to learn.

Animation	Archaeology
Archery	Astronomy
Baking	Bee Keeping
Birdwatching	Botany
Bowling	Boxing
Business	Cabinetry
Calligraphy	Canoeing
Card Games	Carpentry
Character Traits - e.g. patience	Chemistry
Chess	Coding
Coffee / Barista Techniques	Comedy / Humor Writing
Computing	Cooking
Costume Design	Crafts
Creative Reuse	Cultural Activities
DJing	Dance
Darts	Debate / Arguing / Academic Discourse
Decision Analysis	Design Thinking
Digital Design	Diving
Diy	Drawing
Electronics	Embroidery
Farming	Fashion
Filmmaking	Finance / Investing
Fishing	Flying
Frisbee	Game Design
Game Mods	Gardening
Go	Golf
Graphic Design	Grit & Personal Resilience
Gymnastics	History
Home Repair & Maintenance	Horseback Riding
Ice Fishing	Illustration
Improv / Acting	Inline Skating
Interior Design	Juggling
Kayaking	Kite Flying
Knitting	Landscaping
Languages	Literature
Low Technology	Magic / Card Tricks
Martial Arts	Mathematical Thinking
Mechanical Repair & Maintenance	Media Production
Model Building	Mountain Biking
Music Production	Musical Instruments
Nail Art	Nature Survival
Negotiation	Numeracy
Origami	Painting
Persuasion	Philosophy
Photography	Podcasting
Poetry	Pool & Billiards
Public Speaking	Rafting
Risk Analysis	Robotics
Rock Climbing	Sailing
Science / Citizen Science	Scripting
Sculpture	Sewing
Singing	Situation Analysis
Skateboarding	Skating
Skiing	Snorkelling
Snowboarding	Song Writing
Sound Design	Storytelling
Strategy & Tactics	Surfing
Systems Thinking	Tennis
Time Management	Trampolining
Verbal Communication	Video Games
Visual Communication	Visual Design
Visual Effects	Vlogging
Windsurfing	Woodworking
Writing Fiction	Yoga

Historically, basic skills such as reading and writing were viewed as unnecessary for the masses. It is likely that in the future, things that are considered exceptional talents now may be viewed as a universal skill. For example, the average future person may be involved in design, high level coding, data analysis and experiments designed to produce knowledge.

There are basically three types of learning:

- acquiring knowledge

- tacit learning that includes any talents you can't learn from a book

- behavior learning such as cultivating character strengths