MIT Compass Podcast
MIT Compass: Thinking & Talking About Being Human is a show about exploring fundamental questions: What do we value – and why? What do we know – and how do we know it? What do we owe to each other? Hosted by MIT professors from across the humanities, arts, and social sciences, with guests from a variety of disciplines, each episode takes on the moral and social questions of the human experience.
The podcast can be listened to either as an accompaniment to our in-person/online class (with episodes corresponding to lessons) or as standalone discussions of big questions. You do not need to have taken the class or read the class materials to understand the podcast!
To listen to the podcast, search for “MIT Compass” on your favorite podcast app, or select your preferred listening medium below!
21.01x: Take Compass Online
This August, the Compass Initiative has launched a new course through MITx, allowing open access to a modified, online version of several of the Compass lessons. The online version is focused on interpreting and making decisions based on data, and it contains about a third of the original Compass lessons, including videos, activities, and readings from the class (modified for an online format). The online version of Compass will be free to browse and available to everybody, regardless of MIT affiliation. For a low fee, MITx also provides the option to receive a grade and obtain an official certificate of completion. Click here to learn more or to take 21.01x online!