How to: Learning & memorizing
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- [How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math](https://nautil.us/how-i-rewired-my-brain-to-become-fluent-in-math-235085): subtitled _the building blocks of understanding are memorization and repetition_.
- [One Sure-Fire Way to Improve Your Coding](https://changelog.com/posts/one-sure-fire-way-to-improve-your-coding): reading code!
- [Tips for learning programming](http://blog.hiphipjorge.com/tips-for-learning-programming/)
- [You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways to maximize your cognitive potential](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/you-can-increase-your-intelligence-5-ways-to-maximize-your-cognitive-potential/): forgive the clickbait title, it’s actually a good article.
- [How to ask good questions](https://jvns.ca/blog/good-questions/), Julia Evans.
- [Stop Learning Frameworks](https://sizovs.net/2018/12/17/stop-learning-frameworks/)
- [Learning How to Learn](https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn): powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
- [Why books don’t work](https://andymatuschak.org/books/), Andy Matuschak.
  - "As a medium, books are surprisingly bad at conveying knowledge, and readers mostly don’t realize it."
  - "In learning sciences, we call this model “transmissionism.” It’s the notion that knowledge can be directly transmitted from teacher to student, like transcribing text from one page onto another. If only!"
  - "By re-testing yourself on material you’ve learned over expanding intervals, you can cheaply and reliably commit huge volumes of information to long-term memory."
- [Strategies, Tips, and Tricks for Anki](https://senrigan.io/blog/everything-i-know-strategies-tips-and-tricks-for-spaced-repetition-anki/): those advices work for any tool actually
  - Add images. Our brains are wired visually, so this helps retention.
  - Don't add things you don't understand.
  - Don't add cards memorizing entire lists.
  - Write it out. For wrong answers, I'll write it on paper. The act of writing is meditative. I really enjoy this.
  - Keep on asking yourself why? why does this work? why does it work this way? Force yourself to understand the root of a topic.
  - Cornell Method: when reading a topic, write out questions on the margins to quiz yourself.
  - Pretend you have to teach it
  - Use mnemonics phrases like PEMDAS for lists and other hard-to-remember topics.
  - Delete cards that don't make sense or you don't want to remember anymore.
- [Effective learning: Twenty rules of formulating knowledge](https://www.supermemo.com/en/archives1990-2015/articles/20rules)
  - Build upon the basics
  - Stick to the minimum information principle: the material you learn must be formulated in as simple way as it is
  - Cloze deletion is easy and effective: Kaleida's mission was to create a ... It finally produced one, called Script X. But it took three years
  - Graphic deletion is as good as cloze deletion
  - Avoid sets
  - Avoid enumerations
  - Combat interference - even the simplest items can be completely intractable if they are similar to other items. Use examples, context cues, vivid illustrations, refer to emotions, and to your personal life
  - Personalize and provide examples - personalization might be the most effective way of building upon other memories. Your personal life is a gold mine of facts and events to refer to. As long as you build a collection for yourself, use personalization richly to build upon well established memories
  - Provide sources - sources help you manage the learning process, updating your knowledge, judging its reliability, or importance
  - Prioritize - effective learning is all about prioritizing.
- [How to Remember Anything You Really Want to Remember, Backed by Science](https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/how-to-remember-anything-you-really-want-to-remember-backed-by-science.html)
  - Quiz yourself
  - Summarize and share with someone else.
  - Connect what you just learned to experiences you previously had.
- [How To Remember Anything Forever-ish](https://ncase.me/remember/): a comic about learning
- [Get better at programming by learning how things work](https://jvns.ca/blog/learn-how-things-work/)
- [How to teach yourself hard things](https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/01/learning-skills-you-can-practice/)
- [Building Your Own Personal Learning Curriculum](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/02/building-personal-learning-curriculum/)
- [Always do Extra](http://www.bennorthrop.com/Essays/2021/always-do-extra.php)
  - Extra is finishing those two screens, but then researching a new library for form validation that might reduce the boilerplate code.
  - Extra must be balanced against Normal Work.
  - Extra must be aligned with your Normal Work.
- [Against 3X Speed](https://perell.com/essay/against-3x-speed/)
  - Lectures are most effective when they’re only a component of the classroom experience
  - Learning is about spaced repetition, not binge-reading books
- [The Problems with Deliberate Practic