§Enabling environments, games, and the Primer
Unless I highlight those points in a way that my future self can instantly grasp, I’ll likely never see them again.
Tiago Forte • Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
played games with my students, had them talk out loud before they made a move and after I made mine, and wrote down their thoughts. To my amazement, I was soon seeing problems that I never imagined they possessed. That last line is remarkable because Silman was far from
Rob Fitzpatrick • Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction
I’ve never been much of a note-taker because memory is such a useful filter for interestingness. When I have an idea, I wait to see if it can survive in the wilderness of my mind. I only act on those that prove themselves via intellectual natural selection.
Eliot Peper • Foster
How Can We Learn Better?
To start answering the question, I dove into the notes and work of @andy_matuschak, who is a full-time researcher on learning, and an advocate of 1. Deliberate Practice and 2. Spaced Repetition in knowledge work.
I have to be honest: though I love learning, I find bo... See more