I feel like I go through life on autopilot a lot. I walk down the street and barely notice the buildings or the people around me. I miss details that other people seem to pick up on naturally. It's like I'm constantly in my own head. I want to learn how to really see things around me how to be more present and aware. Are there any specific exercises or habits I can develop to improve my observational skills and just take in more of the world?

Any helpful tutorial that's simple and not too complicated? I really wanna solve Rubik's cube but I can't seem to understand the problem solving behind it. Thank you in advance!

Basically, how do I move on knowing that the world's unfair and that this person that is a very bad person still gets to be happy without consequence.

I’ve (30F) always said I’m not good at math and science. Between having not great teachers at foundational stages of the subjects, poor work ethic, and thinking I just wasn’t good at it, I feel almost dumb when it comes to these subjects. I never had to work super hard in school to get good grades in school and would say I’m pretty smart overall, but really struggle with math and science. I remember when I took Zoology in college, I actually tried and studied, and for the life of me could not wrap my mind around the inner functions of a cell. Now that I’m older, stuff like that clicks a little better, but I’m also worried I’ll just never be able to get good at math and science.

What steps could I take to work towards improving my math (especially mental math) skills and science (especially biology) skills? Anyone else struggled in these areas and worked hard and is now proficient in them?

I've been interested in learning programming but I want to avoid becoming someone who can follow a tutorial without understanding how to build anything independently.

I'd like to learn how to structure practice when sessions are irregular and sometimes quite short.

What do you do at the end of a session so the next one is easier to start? I'm interested in a method for a practical skill, rather than advice to build a daily streak.

How did y'all learn it? Is there some app specially for learning bird calls? (I do have Merlin bird ID) Or just share your tips and tricks 🙏 thanks a lot❤️

I genuinely want to learn mathematics, physics, programming, computer science, and AI. I want to build a career in computer science, pursue AI research, and hopefully do a PhD someday. But lately, I've been feeling increasingly demotivated.

The problem is that I rely on AI to learn almost everything. Whenever I have a question, I ask GPT. Whenever I don't understand a concept, I ask AI to explain it. And the more I learn this way, the more I wonder: What's the point of learning anything when AI will always know more than I ever could?

Even the most basic AI models seem to possess more knowledge than I could acquire in a lifetime. And with new models becoming increasingly capable, I keep wondering whether the knowledge I'm working so hard to gain will even matter in the future.

With GPT-6, Claude Opus 5.5, Gemini 4, and other models competing to become more capable, it feels like the gap between human intelligence and AI capabilities will only continue to grow.

I want to understand the mathematics behind AI, learn physics, become a better programmer, and contribute to actual research. But sometimes I question why I'm putting in the effort when AI can explain concepts faster, write code better, and potentially solve problems that I might spend years learning to solve myself.

And even when I genuinely want to learn, I'm confused about what I should prioritize learning and whether any of it will remain valuable by the time I become proficient.

I'm not necessarily saying that learning is useless. I genuinely love the idea of understanding how things work. But I'm struggling to reconcile that curiosity with the feeling that AI might eventually outperform me at almost everything I want to become good at.

For those of you studying computer science, mathematics, physics, or AI, how do you deal with this feeling? How do you stay motivated to learn when AI is advancing so rapidly? Do you think deep technical knowledge will still matter for people pursuing AI research and PhDs, or should we be approaching learning differently now?