Moonwalking with Einstein – Insight Sciences

Josh Foer: Your memory, outsourced

December 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management

Joshua Foer: We’ve outsourced our memories – Salon.com
By Eve Gerber, The Browser, salon.com

The best-selling author and 2006 US Memory Champion discusses five unforgettable books about the art of remembering VIDEO

Your theme is memory, but not the sort of memory that automatically embeds itself in our minds, like a first…

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The Machinery of the Mind (wnyc.org)
Moonwalking With Einstein – Joshua Foer (developinginstincts.wordpress.com)
Intro to memory and mnemonics (chutneylemon.wordpress.com)
Wray Herbert: Decorating a Barren Memory Palace (huffingtonpost.com)
Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do (inspirationenergy.wordpress.com)
Remembering to remember: Joshua Foer at TED2012 (ted.com)

Lingala: learn language in a day

November 13, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Regenerative Economy

How I learned a language in 22 hours
Joshua Foer, guardian.co.uk

He’s never been good with languages, so can Joshua Foer really hope to learn Lingala in a day?

“What do you know about where I come from?” That was one of the first questions I ever asked Bosco Mongousso, an Mbendjele pygmy who lives in the…

http://flpbd.it/YoN9z

Joshua Foer: WATCH: The Secret To Superpower Memory (huffingtonpost.com)
Gweek 086: Utopian for Beginners (boingboing.net)
Moonwalking With Einstein – Joshua Foer (developinginstincts.wordpress.com)