superforecasting: the best class would involve people actually doing forecasting on something like Metaculus or on a prediction market with financial bets.
real-world practical applications of deep learning: considering the technical and economic/ethical aspects
immersive sociology/anthropology of internet cultures: you can’t do traditional anthropological fieldwork in an undergrad class but you can lurk or participate in any one of innumerable online subcultures.
immersion in country X: using machine translation, it’s possible to consume newspapers, Twitter, TV, etc from another country without speaking the language. someone who knows country X well could build an engaging class around this.
cooking: there are not many college courses on cooking (harvard’s famous class is an exception). youtube is pretty great for demonstrations.
Some more ideas:
superforecasting: the best class would involve people actually doing forecasting on something like Metaculus or on a prediction market with financial bets.
real-world practical applications of deep learning: considering the technical and economic/ethical aspects
immersive sociology/anthropology of internet cultures: you can’t do traditional anthropological fieldwork in an undergrad class but you can lurk or participate in any one of innumerable online subcultures.
immersion in country X: using machine translation, it’s possible to consume newspapers, Twitter, TV, etc from another country without speaking the language. someone who knows country X well could build an engaging class around this.
cooking: there are not many college courses on cooking (harvard’s famous class is an exception). youtube is pretty great for demonstrations.