Vasili Shynkarenka
How to remember what you learn
Make it time-based, apply metacognition & active recall, and learn what you’re curious about.
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BBC
The benefits of note-taking by hand
Computers and phones have become the go-to note-taking method for many. But your brain benefits from an old-fashioned pen and …
Learning ProductivityThe Atlantic
A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life
Higher education is often described as an investment. But it’s still unclear if it pays off in happiness.
Happiness LearningDavid Perell
Don't Go to College This Fall
Use your time to start an online business. Live at home, spend as little money as possible, and find a side job if you need …
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NoDesk
How a Non-Techie Learned to Code from Scratch
My background is in business and apart from being intellectually curious and interested in technology, I have no previous …
Learning Side ProjectFarnam Street
The Value of Grey Thinking
One of the most common questions we receive, unsurprisingly, is along the lines of What one piece of advice would you …
LearningThe Atlantic
The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
LearningThe New Yorker
What Does It Really Mean to Learn?
A leading computer scientist says it’s “educability,” not intelligence, that matters most.
LearningLelouch
You Are NOT Dumb, You Just Lack the Prerequisites
The gap in comprehension wasn’t due to a lack of ability but rather a gap in prerequisite knowledge.
So here’s a …
LearningReactor
The Joy of Reading Books You Don't Entirely Understand
It really should be acceptable and normal to say “I don’t entirely understand what I just read, but I loved …
LearningNPR
Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning
In kids, studies show that tracing out ABCs, as opposed to typing them, leads to better and longer-lasting recognition and …
LearningThe New York Times Magazine
Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?
For most people, the new economics of higher ed make going to college a risky bet.
LearningNautilus
To Supercharge Learning, Look to Play
Play and art engage all of our senses and enhance attention.
LearningFarnam Street
How to Think: The Skill You've Never Been Taught
No skill is more valuable and harder to come by than the ability to critically think through problems. Schools don’t …
LearningFarnam Street
How to Remember What You Read
Learning means being able to use new information. The basic process of learning consists of reflection and feedback. We learn …
LearningPsyche
How to gain more from your reading
There’s more to words than meets the eye. Deepen your appreciation of literature through the art of slow, attentive …
LearningJosh Comeau
How To Learn Stuff Quickly
It’s often said that the internet has democratized education: the sum of human knowledge is only a Google search away! …
LearningThe Atlantic
How College Became a Ruthless Competition Divorced From Learning
It is a truth universally acknowledged that elite parents, in possession of excellent jobs, want to get their kids into …
LearningDavid Perell
Coolest Things I Learned in 2019
I write a weekly email called the Monday Musings.
The most popular part of the newsletter is a section called “Coolest …
LearningCollaborative Fund
How to Read: Lots of Inputs and a Strong Filter
My reading strategy is to start as many books as I can but finish few of them.
LearningMIT Sloan Management Review
Learning for a Living
Learning at work is work, and we must make space for it.
LearningPaul Graham
The Lesson to Unlearn
The most damaging thing you learned in school wasn’t something you learned in any specific class. It was learning to …
LearningJulian Shapiro
Writing Well
This handbook is for:
- Aspiring writers who fear publishing themselves online: This will provide you with confidence in your …
The Guardian
Listen up: why we can't get enough of audiobooks
In this time-poor, podcast-friendly world, audiobooks are booming. So what is the science behind them – and do they change …
Learning LifeDavid R. MacIver
How to do hard things
This is a system I only somewhat tongue in cheek refer to as “The Fully General System For Learning To Do Hard …
LearningAndy Matuschak
Why books don't work
All this suggests a peculiar conclusion: as a medium, books are surprisingly bad at conveying knowledge, and readers mostly …
LearningMedium
The Future of Learning
We can’t outpace the half-life of knowledge, but we can change how we think.
LearningDavid Perell
Coolest Things I Learned In 2018
It’s fun and eclectic, interesting and intriguing. This is a collection of the most popular insights I shared in 2018.
LearningThe Startup
(Deliberate) practice makes perfect: how to become an expert in anything
Typically, repeated practice takes us up to a medium level of success. After an initial spike, progress stalls, plateaus — …
LearningfreeCodeCamp
The Hard Thing About Learning Hard Things
In the real world, there’s no textbook or curriculum. There’s no way to practice. There’s no source of …
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