The Human Colossus
The next generation of builders is self-taught, and already building the future, right now. Most began online, watching Youtube videos, building web apps, reading articles, joining professional communities, shipping products, while underserved by institutional education. The paradigm of building companies in garages is over, replaced by founding companies remotely, coordinating global teams, watching Youtube videos to learn on the fly, and building products at light-speed, all while still in high school. We’re about to see the number of incredible young builders exponentially increasing over the next decade. But the vast majority will continue to be underserved and unguided — self-teaching is difficult. It’s time to treat self-paced, self-motivated education as the true alternative it is, and build the infrastructure students need. The Human Colossus is a global collective of builders set on building a better educational system for young people, and get them competing for, contributing
The next generation of builders is self-taught, and already building the future, right now. Most began online, watching Youtube videos, building web apps, reading articles, joining professional communities, shipping products, while underserved by institutional education. The paradigm of building companies in garages is over, replaced by founding companies remotely, coordinating global teams, watching Youtube videos to learn on the fly, and building products at light-speed, all while still in high school. We’re about to see the number of incredible young builders exponentially increasing over t
Explore this link on the map →