Visualization, memory, reading and research skills
I define atomic visualization as compound visualizations of multiple keywords that cannot be easily disassembled. Due to strong connectivity between the keywords, these visualizations are faster to make and easier to retain. In this article I provide a clock-related way of generating such visualizations. It may work for up to 12 objects with complex relations. …
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The summary is an overview of the most crucial points of the main text. It makes the author’s main idea or debate of the text more attainable or applicable to a wider audience. The summary is a repeated combination of the main ideas of the article in your own words—that is, the explanation. Summarising is …
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Mindmaps and mental palaces are essentially two-dimensional structures. This allows for simple navigation: linear and lateral itineraries. 99% of the time this is more than enough. Articles are fixed: once we place an article in a mental structure it is not likely to move. Projects are hierarchical. We can move up and down the hierarchy …
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Businesses have never had more data available than now, and it’s never been easier to access. There’s even data about data and analytics! With so much at our disposal, there’s no reason to be uninformed about your customers or business – unless you’re just not trying. But to be informed on a human level, connecting …
sEvery April 1st I write about humor. You are welcome to search this blog from several years back and verify. Today, I want to focus on the evolutionary advantage. Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? How does it help us? Can we really save the day with a smile? You are welcome to read …
Both ancient art and archaeological finds of possible tattooing tools indicate that tattooing was practiced in Europe in the Upper Paleolithic period. Another meaning of a tattoo is a permanent reminder of something powerful in life or an experience that cannot be forgotten and many times, tattoos give people a sense of empowerment Reminds. Tattooing …
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While memory champions prefer mental palaces for their simplicity and capacity, accelerated leaning gurus favor mindmaps. Mindmaps are extremely versatile and can be easily modified as new information becomes available. However, mindmaps have several essential design flaws compared to yet more flexible schemes used by engineers and AI creators. We can easily add the missing …
When I was a child I decided that I want to be a polymath and know everything. Not a very realistic goal. Since then I have been learning for as long as I can remember myself. I noticed that the more I know the easier it is to learn more, even in very different areas …
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Occasionally I read 1000 articles per week. This takes me about 90 minutes per day or one entire weekend. I honestly thought it to be normal and was surprised that some people find it astonishing. You do not even need to read very fast to use these skill. What is an average article? A good …
I was asked by several of my students to write about the ChatGPT, yet I kept delaying it. The reason is very simple. I have so many conflicting feelings, that I did not know where to begin. Let us start with a simple idea of the “uncanny valley”. Uncanny valley The current generation of AI …
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