Tagged “memory”

the act of letting go of ideas (putting them into notes) lets them become effective to us

I liked this good vague title better than WaPo's more clickbaity What happens when you get stoned every single day for five years?

this is the kind of needlessly elaborate but awesome backup I can get into

Stronger reading comprehension, and a sense of tactile information recall. The study was for scheduling, so makes sense that the spatial sense comes into it for day/month planning.

Paired with Socrates on the forgetfulness that comes with writing (on HN at the same time).

On portraits, and some on photography in general. On storytelling with photos, that every picture has some story.

Funny that kids sometimes didn't want photos of themselves, when people get older they complain that they look old.

Writing to allow yourself to forget shit. Much of what is on this page.

I actually started using Anki a little after this (installed it and set up some decks at least). Haven't stuck with it yet but we'll see