The Self-Taught Scholar

Cross-disciplinary liberal arts education, accessible and affordable.

We're building something different: an educational platform that treats learning as a lifelong craft, not a credential to collect. Our focus is on transferable skills across four schools of knowledge—because the most valuable thinkers are the ones who can connect ideas across domains.

The Four Schools

Every skill worth learning draws from these interconnected domains.

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Pattern & Play

Mathematics, probability, systems thinking, and creative reasoning. This school explores how patterns reveal structure in chaos, how chance shapes outcomes, and how playful experimentation leads to deeper understanding of complexity.

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Story & Expression

Mythology, rhetoric, writing, and visual communication. This school explores how stories structure our understanding, how language persuades, and how expression—whether through words or design—shapes culture and consciousness.

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Society & Self

Psychology, philosophy, ethics, and human flourishing. This school examines how we learn, why we behave as we do, what gives life meaning, and how freedom and responsibility shape both individuals and communities.

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Making

Craft, design, building, and publishing. This school emphasizes learning through creation—whether coding a website, writing for an audience, tracking personal systems, or developing any skill through deliberate practice and feedback.

The Approach

Traditional education optimizes for credentials. We optimize for capability. The difference matters.

Our content is organized around two core concepts:

  • Atoms are small, foundational concepts—the building blocks of understanding. Each one is designed to be learned in minutes but remembered for years.
  • Scrolls are curated learning paths that combine atoms into coherent journeys. They're courses, but structured around mastery rather than completion.

We believe in talent stacks over narrow expertise. A programmer who understands psychology builds better products. A writer who understands systems thinking creates clearer arguments. The edges between disciplines are where the interesting work happens.

The goal isn't to know everything—it's to build a foundation of transferable principles that compound over time. Learn how to learn, and the rest follows.

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