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atmos.earth
Dusk Till Dawnatmos.earth
3 min read · Sep 28th · As Carl Jung teaches us, we understand our world—and culture—through opposites. How can we transcend binary thinking? · Shared by 117
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Fatherly
How to Be a Little Wiser: 3 Practical Tips From Wisdom ExpertsFatherly
4 min read · Sep 27th · What is wisdom? Here, according to those who study it, are some answers and practical tips for making wiser decisions in your life. · Shared by 333
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“A highly intelligent fool may not recognize that such a tradeoff exists in the first place,”
Psychology Today
Do It for Your Brain: 3 Habits That Improve LearningPsychology Today
5 min read · Sep 14th · Start the school year strong with psychological science. · Shared by 82, including Marsha Collier
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Going to class. Taking good notes. And practicing retrieving information. It's good for the brain.
Scott Young
Brain Training Doesn't WorkScott Young
7 min read · Sep 14th · Debunking an alluring (but ultimately harmful) myth about how to get smarter. · Shared by 432, including Andrei Luca
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we must let go of the false promise that broad-ranging skills can come from practice on narrow tasks. Brain training is a dead-end, but learning is timeless.
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Always seek disconfirmatory evidenceinvertedpassion.com
2 min read · Sep 14th · Thinking is expensive for an animal – our brain consumes almost 20% of the energy of the body (even at rest). Hence, the brain takes whatever shortcuts it can to do less deliberate thinking (that… · Shared by 147
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#113: The new quantified selfhaleynahman.substack.com
6 min read · Sep 12th · Read 200 books, expand your consciousness 200x! · Shared by 184, including Ines Bieler
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It’s also a crutch—a perfect balm for insecurity that can secure us in only one specific way, and not always in the way we think.
Scott Young
Ten Mental Models for LearningScott Young
~17 min read · Sep 20th · Ten central ideas to keep in mind whenever you need to learn anything new. · Shared by 637, including ⛓ José Luis Núñez ⛓, Peter van Sabben.eth, Katja Evertz
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Like a crystal growing from a seed, future learning is much easier once a foundation is established
Tom Vander Ark
How Deep is Their Learning?Tom Vander Ark
3 min read · Sep 8th · Deeper learning isn’t found within the practice of project-based instruction, personalized instruction or competency-based instruction but how the learner applies that instruction. · Shared by 31, including Scott McLeod, RACHELLE DENÉ POTH | @ThriveinEDU #ARVR #AI
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How Robert Greene Remembers Everything He Reads (And How You Can Too)youtube.com
Sep 18th · Listen to the full interview with Robert Greene here: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/robert-greene/Robert Greene has written 6 New York Times best... · Shared by 113, including Mike Taylor
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reworked.co
Throw Out Your Decision-Making Processreworked.co
6 min read · Sep 1st · While we all like to believe we make rational decisions, the reality is we jump into decisions we justify later, with demonstrable impacts on our businesses. · Shared by 241, including Peter Herger, Stowe Boyd
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The Atlantic
The Joy of Learning to Drive at 37The Atlantic
8 min read · Aug 20th · Learning to drive as an adult was the hardest, best thing I’ve done. · Shared by 78, including Sarah O'Connor, Helen Lewis
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Entrepreneur
10 Proven Ways to Learn FasterEntrepreneur
6 min read · Sep 8th · Neuroscience has taught us a lot about how our brains process and hold on to information. · Shared by 467, including Stefan Diepolder, Ines Bieler
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Dehydration, on the other hand, can seriously affect our mental function. When you fail to drink water, your brain has to work harder than usual.
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Big Beliefscollabfund.com
3 min read · Sep 9th · A trick to learning a complicated topic is realizing how many complex details are a cousin of something simple. John Reed writes in his book Succeeding: When you first start to study a field, it seems… · Shared by 540
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Most people are blind to their own faults. As Ben Franklin wrote, “Vice knows she’s ugly, so she hides behind a mask.”
Inc.
4 Ways to Learn AnythingInc.
2 min read · Aug 30th · It comes down to these four timeless principles. · Shared by 414
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This is in reference to the popularized Pareto's Principle, where the goal is to generate 80 percent of results by putting in 20 percent of the effort.
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I learned a system for remembering everythingyoutube.com
Aug 22nd · Go to https://squarespace.com/mattdavella to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MATTDAVELLA. Thanks to Squarespace for sponso... · Shared by 837, including Stan Chollet
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Scott Young
Maximize Your Learning Time with These Seven HabitsScott Young
5 min read · Jul 12th · How do you learn more in a busy life? Follow these seven habits to increase the amount of learning, without overwhelming your schedule. · Shared by 1656, including Katja Evertz, Mike Taylor, Matt Heinz
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A method known as pretraining can break down the difficulty of these pursuits. In this strategy, you first master the basics so that applying the new skill becomes much smoother.
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