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9 Best Articles in 2021
Adam Thomas
Organised magic: how my Second Brain made me happierAdam Thomas
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Summary, by the author
In 2020, I adopted two practices that changed my outlook on productivity and happiness.
Firstly, I began journaling. Through the process of writing regularly on what I am feeling, I made sense of stress.
Secondly, I adopted the Second Brain methodology.
The methodology is a three-step process: saving links, summarising ideas, and revisiting notes.
Both practices allowed me to delegate and outsource complex thinking.
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insidemymind.me
Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My Day.insidemymind.me
3 min read · 2020-02-07 · My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their…
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Aeon+Psyche
Your brain does not process information and it is not a computerAeon+Psyche
~18 min read · From 2016 · Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
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Farnam Street
How to Remember What You ReadFarnam Street
~15 min read · Aug 16th · The benefits of reading are negated if you forget remember what you read. This article discusses a tested system to increase retention. Learn how to use active reading to remember more from books.
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A lot of success in reading boils down to preparation. What you do before you read matters way more than you think.
Focus on some combination of books that: 1) stand the test of time; 2) pique your interest; or 3) challenge you.
The investment we make in reading should have a positive, lasting impact on our lives.
Tim Urban
Neuralink and the Brain's Magical FutureTim Urban
From 2017 · I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
elon musk
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medium.com
Stop thinking about productivity, and start thinking about focus.medium.com
~12 min read · 2020-09-11 · All the articles you’ve been reading are tricking you.
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Pay attention to when you are confident in your judgment, and when you are insecure.
Often when we talk about focus we are actually talking about the results of focus, not the experience itself.
Pay attention to when you are confident in your judgment, and when you are insecure.
Ness Labs
Systematic inventive thinking: the power of thinking inside the boxNess Labs
4 min read · 2020-08-13 · When talking about creativity, many people will tell you: “Think outside the box!” The catchphrase is so common in management consulting and business environments, it has become a bit of a cliché.…
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Thinking inside the box often provokes resistance as it runs counter to some of the most ubiquitous intuitions about innovation. However, it’s a formidable creative thinking tool which is actually fun to use.
Subtraction. Is there anything you can remove from the equation?
Subtraction. Is there anything you can remove from the equation?
nature
Tips from neuroscience to keep you focused on hard tasksnature
5 min read · Mar 16th · Understanding cognitive control can help your working life, says David Badre.
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To solve hard problems, the brain needs ready access to the information, plans, procedures and knowledge it will be using
We should try to reserve a consistent time and place for our hard work and be protective of it
returning to a hard task in this way comes with a ‘restart’ cost
Entrepreneur
How Reading Books Helps Your Brain RechargeEntrepreneur
4 min read · 2020-02-15 · It may seem counterintuitive, but absorbing information through old-fashioned books gives your brain a break.
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The last great mystery of the mind: meet the people who have unusual
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How To Learn Effectively With Kinesthetic Learning Style
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How to retrain your frazzled brain and find your focus again
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Artificial Networks Learn to Smell Like the Brain
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The study of the mind needs a Copernican shift in perspective
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How Nanotechnology Will Help Us Probe the Brain in Unimaginable Detail
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The brain has a team of conductors orchestrating consciousnessAeon+Psyche
8 min read · Oct 6th · The brain is like an orchestra: each region plays its part. But it takes a team of conductors to orchestrate consciousness
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The study of the mind needs a Copernican shift in perspectiveAeon+Psyche
~16 min read · Oct 21st · Cognition did not appear out of nowhere in ‘higher’ animals but goes back millions, perhaps billions, of years
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The School of Life
What Brain Scans Reveal About Our MindsThe School of Life
5 min read · Oct 2nd · Two photographs deserve to be counted as among the most significant of the twentieth century. The first was taken on December 24th, 1968, by the astronaut William Anders as the Apollo 8 spacecraft…
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Two photographs deserve to be counted as among the most significant of the twentieth century. The first was taken on December 24th, 1968, by the astronaut William Anders as the Apollo 8 spacecraft orbited the moon – and showed off the earth as the legendary pale blue dot in an infinity of emptiness.
The second image – far less well known – was taken in 1978 by a team of scientists led by Hugh Clow and Ian Robert Young at EMI Laboratories in England and revealed a cross section of the human brain as seen through the electronic eyes of an MRI scanner.
Eric Barker
New Neuroscience Reveals 7 Secrets That Will Make You Emotionally IntelligentEric Barker
~11 min read · Oct 4th · *** Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here. *** If you were in Dare County,…
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conflict, believe it or not, can be a fantastic thing if we do it the right way. This is emotional intelligence where it matters most: during arguments.
If someone is entering the conversation emotional, don’t even think about skipping ahead to presenting your case. Emotions
Ironically, when they said, “Look, I can’t make you talk…” suspects were more likely to.
Quanta Magazine
Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning StrategyQuanta Magazine
4 min read · Oct 18th · A new model of learning centers on bursts of neural activity that act as teaching signals — approximating backpropagation, the algorithm behind learning in AI.
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These are principles that, in the end, transcend the wetware
A new model of how the brain learns may finally solve the credit assignment problem for human brains.
Imperial College
Brain cell differences could be key to learning in humans and AIImperial College
3 min read · Oct 6th · Imperial researchers have found that variability between brain cells might speed up learning and improve the performance of the brain and future AI.
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Salon
Brave new world: A brain implant zaps negative thoughts awaySalon
5 min read · Oct 14th · Salon spoke to ethicists and philosophers about the implications of "deep brain stimulation," a novel technology to treat depression
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Neuroscience News
Does the Brain Learn in the Same Way That Machines Learn?Neuroscience News
2 min read · Oct 13th · Relating machine learning to biological learning, researchers say while the two approaches aren't interchangeable, they can be harnessed to offer insights into how the human brain works.
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The Guardian
How to retrain your frazzled brain and find your focus againThe Guardian
6 min read · Oct 22nd · Are you finding it harder than ever to concentrate? Don’t panic: these simple exercises will help you get your attention back
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The Guardian
The last great mystery of the mind: meet the people who have unusualThe Guardian
6 min read · Oct 25th · Does your internal monologue play out on a television, in an attic, as a bickering Italian couple – or is it entirely, blissfully silent?
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Many of the people I speak to learned late in life that their inner voices were not the norm. For years, Worrall thought that other people also had attics in their brains.
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