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building towards the tough questions - code by blake smith
good post on why we shouldn't be content to just learn answers.
education  learning  parenting 
october 2011 by lightningdb
Secrets of a Mind-Gamer - NYTimes.com
What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind a scene so unlike any other it cannot be forgotten.
brain  memory  mind  psychology  science  education  learning 
february 2011 by lightningdb
The Best Way to Use the Last Five Minutes of Your Day - Peter Bregman - Harvard Business Review
How did the day go? What success did I experience? What challenges did I endure?

What did I learn today? About myself? About others? What do I plan to do — differently or the same — tomorrow?

Who did I interact with? Anyone I need to update? Thank? Ask a question? Share feedback?
learning  life  management  productivity 
january 2011 by lightningdb
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.
parenting  kids  learning  culture 
january 2011 by lightningdb
The Great Courses
online sales of audio courses covering a whole range of topics
audio  philosophy  health  mind  learning  education 
november 2010 by lightningdb
10 reasons Ph.D. students fail
good advice for any big endeavour, really
education  learning 
september 2010 by lightningdb
.CSV » new developments in AI
The danger with AI is not that machines will become smarter than us, but that we will become as dumb as machines. The absurdly prescient William S. Burroughs was wise to this fifty years ago. “The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods,” pronounces Dr. Benway, in 1959’s Naked Lunch. “Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets.”
AI  technology  search  learning 
july 2010 by lightningdb
Project Euler
Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.
programming  mathematics  education  learning  science  coding  algorithms 
february 2010 by lightningdb
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