starts off great! "You're smart. This book can make you smarter." i can't wait. goodlink: http://www.ludism.org/mentat one of the contibuters is a six time winner of The International Obfuscated C Code Contest more super nerd: "In Herbert's science fiction novel Dune, set thousands of years in the future, computers have been outlawed and a human profession has evolved to take their place." maybe i should have read this book before i started.... using mnemonics to remember items from home..ex. one is a gun (imagine keys as a gun, etc.) turning numbers into shapes memory journeyssss author calls mnemonic ideas "pegs" using familiar places as a way to store memories. dominic system links numbers to letters to remember initials A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 S 7 G 8 H 9 N 0 O using songs to remember things organizing pieces on info into chunks coding and decoding to memorize...i like it tip of the tongue solution: remember as many details as possible term catch - notebook for recording thoughts speedwords - artificial language for faster writing sample: por Important pru Prove rap Fast Rapid ro List ry Building "Zipf's law states: In most languages, there are a few very common words (such as a, and, of, and the) and a large number of uncommon words (such as spontaneity and forensics). Zipf's Law applies not only to human languages, but also to computer languages, colors in computer graphics files, audio frequencies in sound files, and so on. This fact is the basis for most compression techniques, which reserve short encodings of one or two characters for common items and use long encodings for uncommon items. Although the English language has already evolved a kind of compression via Zipf's Law (of is already shorter than spontaneity), Reginald Dutton engineered a language that would compress language even further." language compression styles of learning: visual, aural, reading, kinesthetic. ways to process info: acivist, reflector, theorist, and pragmatist mind mapping. PERMUTATION CITY random thought "seeds" p.s. im on a train and it "has no juice" AMAZING! "0 A cavern A superstrong material In an unknown place Aliens A socialist utopia Exceedingly warlike A city Crystal In another universe Apes An anarchy Where cannibalism is practiced 2 A country Flesh In space Completely normal people Ruled by a corporation Where everyone is happy 3 A forest Gold In the desert Fairies Ruled by a council of many species Where everyone is insane 4 A jungle Paper In the dream world Fish Ruled by a god Where learning is exalted 5 A mountain Porcelain In the fourth dimension Ghosts Ruled by a hereditary monarch Where telepathy is common 6 A planet Rubber In the polar regions Giants Ruled by a magical elite Which is boundless 7 A sealed habitat Stone In the sky Insects Ruled by ancient ritual Which is microscopic 8 A village Water Under the Earth Intelligent plants Ruled by computer Which is sacred 9 An island Wood Under the sea Robots Ruled by women Whose location changes" everyone is going crazy oblique strategies cards thinking in analogies mind children: computers avoiding "groupthink" using music to help u think... finding ideas in half asleep state recording dreams holding patient attention to problems method acting to solve problems repeatedly solving the same problem making "friends" with numbers pause @ 8:47 back @ 8:48 If the number's digit sum is 0, 3, or 6 (or 9, which is the same as 0 for this purpose), the number is divisible by 3 redundant": if the number modulo 11 is 0, the number is divisible by 11. digit sums for numbers should match solutions chisenbop - fingure counting. brainstroming problems choosing dominant strategies decision making based on game theory finnegans wake uses data compression created languages - esperanto, klingon, allnoun, lobjal stage fright - make notes, imagine all the bad things tha could happen, take care of all the little things, stretch, fake it, awesome: "We are building a mental model of the subject we are learning so that we can run mental simulations against it to predict future behaviors." book uses computer metaphors for everything; this is a self-help book for computer nerds. "Stop Memory-Buffer Overrun" defragmenting your MINDDDD deeeep breathinggg spiritual oreilly book: Clearing your mind of distractions Experiencing better concentration and awareness Developing insight into how your mind works Hearing the quieter voices in your mind beneath the constant chatter Reducing the ravages of the fight-or-flight reaction on your body Gaining rest and respite, a "cool heart" talk to yourselfffff interview yourselffff....FIND OUT WHATS GOING ON maintaining a neutral POV "too many of us sacrifice long-term pleasures (such as obtaining an advanced degree and its perquisites) for short-term pleasures (such as taking "study breaks" that turn into all-night parties)" warming up your brain sleep, nutrition and exercise increasing oxygen and glucose to "overclock"your brain "smart-drugs" self administering positive reinforcement