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Describes a system to remember a list with 64 items using the Loci technique.

I have long been fascinated with the research on human biases and how they can affect our decision making. I've read a bit of Kahneman's work and have...

In the earlier parts of this series I have discussed the possible modern applications of ancient memory techniques. I mentioned that not everyone was ...

I've already written about what I understand to be the benefits of having a better memory in the modern world. These were namely to aid us in our thin...

In the first and second parts of this series I have discussed the advantages of a memory system as well as proposed a simple technique for organising ...

I have outlined in part 1 of this series possible applications for an improved memory. The two applications I suggested were: (1) to be able to aid ou...

Over the past few years I had to study for a few professional certifications and I also spent a very considerable time studying at school and universi...

I have long been interested in productivity and the old Benjamin Franklin quest of finding ways to better myself. One of the more recent themes in thi...

For most of human history, we shared a strong belief in the supernatural. This anchored our spiritual life and helped us answer some of lives most pai...

There are two meanings we generally assign to the word slack. First, we can understand it as a form of laziness or being negligent. If we say a compan...