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    <pre class="document-text">## Truth

	most people don’t know where to start with learning skills
	just saying “learn something” doesn’t help
	it feels open-ended and overwhelming without a clear first step
	and even before that — how do you know what actually interests you?
	people need a way to explore, not just be told to pick something


### Fragmentation

	YouTube is massive, but hard to navigate
		there’s no real overview of a topic as a whole
		most content is narrow, specialised lessons
		some good overview videos exist, but they’re buried and not accessible
	you also don’t know if what you’re watching is any good
		and with the dislike button removed, it’s harder to filter quality
	AI can technically teach you anything
		but the scope is infinite
		you ask it a question and suddenly there are too many paths
		it feels overwhelming instead of helpful


### Current platforms

	there’s no single hub that pulls it together into something practical and clear

	there are already some centralised sites
		academic ones like Khan Academy
		formal course platforms like Coursera or edX
		DIY hubs like Instructables
		Open Culture with free cultural and educational material

	all of these are useful, but they’re still scattered

	the closest model to what learnstuff.today aims for is Free Media Heck Yeah
		it’s already a central resource, especially around computers and the internet
		guides on how to use antivirus, how to handle software, and all the basics
		an ethos of pulling useful, practical material together in one place
		that idea — a hub, not scattered — is what needs to exist more broadly for all life skills


### Opportunity

	the gap is a cohesive hub for life skills
	clear, practical, and simple to use
	not a social space for signalling, but a place that helps people actually learn
	with pathways that make it obvious where to begin and how to keep going
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