When You Want To Get Good At

Once I'd Reached The Point Where I Could Squirrel Away More Than 30 Digits A Minute In Memory Palaces, I Still Only Sporadically Used The Techniques To Memorize The Phone Numbers Of People I Actually Wanted To Call. I Found It Was Just Too Simple To Punch Them Into My Cell Phone.

If You Were A Medieval Scholar Reading A Book, You Knew That There Was A Reasonable Likelihood You'd Never See That Particular Text Again, And So A High Premium Was Placed On Remembering What You Read. You Couldn't Just Pull A Book Off The Shelf To Consult It For A Quote Or An Idea.

...who We Are And What We Do It Is Fundamentally A Function Of What We Remember.

The Way To Get Better At A Skill Is To Force Yourself To Practice Just Beyond Your Limits.

Our Lives Are The Sum Of Our Memories. How Much Are We Willing To Lose From Our Already Short Lives By … Not Paying Attention?