How I Developed A Photographic Memory
Summary
TLDREste video explora un sistema de memoria desarrollado por el creador para recordar todo lo aprendido. Inspirado en el método Zettelkasten de Nicholas Lumen, el sistema se basa en la ciencia cognitiva del aprendizaje y la memoria, enfocándose en valor, relación y repetición. Incluye pasos prácticos como escribir tarjetas índice personalizadas y representar visualmente la información. El creador afirma que este método ha transformado su capacidad para retener información y estimula un deseo continuo de aprender. La técnica, llamada 'Xettlecast', combina notas interconectadas con el entendimiento de los sesgos de memoria humanos, ofreciendo un enfoque físico y tangible para mejorar la memoria y el aprendizaje.
Takeaways
- 😀 Nuestro cerebro ha evolucionado para recordar selectivamente sólo la información importante para nuestra supervivencia, olvidando lo irrelevante.
- 🧠 Recordamos mejor aquello que tiene valor, relación personal y se repite con frecuencia según investigaciones en psicología cognitiva.
- 📝 El método Zettelkasten tradicional se basa en escribir notas interconectadas, pero no aprovecha los sesgos de memoria del cerebro.
- ✏️ El nuevo método de memoria propuesto se basa en 3 reglas: simplicidad, conexión personal y aprovechar los sesgos de memoria.
- 📈 Consta de 3 pasos clave: anotar información, traducirla a formato personal y representarla visualmente con un dibujo.
- 📚 Después de un año usando este método, el creador puede recordar prácticamente todo lo que anota a diferencia de las notas digitales.
- 🔖 Las notas físicas fomentan la repetición al tenerlas a la vista, reforzando el recuerdo.
- 🎲 Este sistema ha convertido el aprendizaje en un juego cuantificable, creando una motivación por expandir los conocimientos.
- 💡 Permite medir el progreso no sólo por metas sino por la cantidad de información retenida visiblemente.
- 🌱 Ha generado un cambio de mentalidad hacia el aprendizaje continuo y la expansión del conocimiento.
Q & A
¿Cuál es el objetivo principal del sistema de memoria presentado en el video?
-El objetivo principal del sistema de memoria presentado en el video es permitir al usuario recordar literalmente todo lo que aprende, sin excepción, mediante un proceso de tomar notas de una manera específica que aprovecha los sesgos naturales de la memoria humana.
¿En qué se basa el sistema de memoria según la ciencia?
-Según el video, el sistema de memoria se basa en tres conceptos clave de la psicología cognitiva: valor, relación y repetición. Nuestro cerebro recuerda mejor la información que considera valiosa, relacionada con nosotros mismos y que se repite con frecuencia.
¿Cuáles son los pasos clave del sistema de memoria presentado?
-Los pasos clave del sistema de memoria son: 1) Tomar una tarjeta índice, 2) Escribir un título sobre lo que quieres recordar, 3) Llenar la tarjeta con información sobre el tema de manera informal y personal, 4) Escribir una conexión personal con la información, 5) Dibujar una imagen que represente el tema.
¿Qué beneficios ha experimentado el creador del video al usar este sistema de memoria?
-El creador del video ha experimentado una expansión increíble de su memoria y capacidad de retención de información. Afirma que puede responder preguntas sobre libros enteros que leyó y tomó notas con este sistema, a diferencia de los libros que leyó sin usar el sistema. También le ha dado una motivación adicional para aprender más y cuantificar visualmente su progreso.
¿Cuál es la importancia de la repetición en este sistema de memoria?
-La repetición es crucial en este sistema de memoria. Al tener las notas físicamente en tarjetas, el creador del video puede revisarlas con frecuencia, lo que refuerza la información en su memoria. Además, el acto de dibujar y escribir las notas también actúa como una forma de repetición.
¿Por qué es importante escribir las notas de manera informal y personal?
-Escribir las notas de manera informal y personal es importante porque ayuda a que el cerebro reconozca esa información como valiosa y relacionada con uno mismo, lo que aumenta la probabilidad de recordarla según los conceptos científicos mencionados.
¿Qué diferencia ha notado el creador del video entre las notas escritas a mano y las notas digitales?
-El creador del video ha notado una diferencia significativa en su capacidad de recordar las notas escritas a mano en tarjetas versus las notas digitales en su teléfono. Afirma que puede recordar fácilmente las notas en tarjetas, pero apenas recuerda el contenido de las notas digitales.
¿Cómo ha cambiado la mentalidad del creador del video hacia el aprendizaje después de usar este sistema de memoria?
-Después de usar este sistema de memoria, el creador del video ha desarrollado una motivación adicional para aprender más y expandir sus conocimientos. Ver físicamente el crecimiento del stack de tarjetas de notas lo ha impulsado a seguir aprendiendo y creciendo ese stack, gamificando efectivamente el proceso de aprendizaje.
¿Qué consejo final da el creador del video a los espectadores?
-El consejo final del creador del video a los espectadores es que prueben e implementen este método de memoria en sus propias vidas. Cree que podría cambiar sus vidas al igual que cambió la suya, y se muestra dispuesto a responder cualquier pregunta ya que su canal aún es pequeño.
¿Qué ejemplo se menciona en el video sobre cómo nuestro cerebro decide qué información es valiosa?
-El video menciona un ejemplo de una pesadilla recurrente que el creador tenía de niño, donde los trolls animados de El Hobbit invadían su cocina. A pesar de no ser información relevante para su supervivencia, su cerebro decidió que esa memoria era valiosa debido a la fuerte emoción (terror) que provocaba y su repetición constante.
Outlines
🧠 Desarrollando un sistema para mejorar la memoria
El narrador explica que después de darse cuenta de que había olvidado todo lo que aprendió durante la pandemia de COVID-19, desarrolló un sistema para recordar todo lo que aprendiera. Describe cómo nuestros cerebros están diseñados para olvidar información inútil, pero recuerdan detalles importantes basados en el valor, la relación personal y la repetición. Presenta los conceptos científicos detrás de cómo funcionan la memoria y el aprendizaje.
🗂️ El método Xettlekasten: Un sistema físico para mejorar la memoria
El narrador presenta su propio sistema de memoria, llamado el método 'Xettlekasten', que se basa en el método 'Zettelkasten' pero incorpora los principios científicos de la memoria. Describe los pasos para crear notas físicas en tarjetas de índice, incluyendo escribir la información de una manera personal e informal, establecer conexiones personales y hacer dibujos representativos. Explica cómo este sistema aprovecha los sesgos de la memoria humana y cómo revisar las tarjetas constantemente refuerza la retención. También menciona cómo el sistema ha gamificado el aprendizaje para él.
🌳 Beneficios y futuro del sistema de memoria Xettlekasten
El narrador destaca los beneficios del sistema Xettlekasten, afirmando que ha transformado su capacidad para retener información y expand ir sus conocimientos. Menciona que ahora puede cuantificar su conocimiento a través de la cantidad de tarjetas que ha creado. Expresa su intención de continuar creciendo el sistema y anima a los espectadores a probarlo. Concluye diciendo que este es el video más importante que ha lanzado hasta ahora y que atribuye el 100% de su aprendizaje reciente al sistema.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Sistema de memoria
💡Valor
💡Relación
💡Repetición
💡Conexiones personales
💡Representaciones visuales
💡Tarjetas de índice
💡Sesgo emocional
💡Gamificación del aprendizaje
💡Expansión de la conciencia
Highlights
The speaker created a system to remember everything they learn, which is the focus of this video and the reason they have been able to learn so much over the past two years.
Our brains are amazing at forgetting useless information, but the point of having a photographic memory should be to remember what we deem as important, not every little detail.
Our brains remember information based on three factors: value (importance), relation (personal connection), and repetition.
The speaker's memory system is based on the Zettelkasten method but incorporates cognitive psychology research on how our brains remember information.
The three rules of the memory system are simplicity, personal connection, and benefiting from human-specific memory biases.
The system involves writing information on index cards in an informal, personal way, drawing a picture, and making a personal connection.
The physical stack of index cards serves as a visual representation of the knowledge gained, gamifying the learning process and driving the speaker to learn more.
The speaker has started writing examples instead of connections on the cards, as examples related to their life may hold even more value for memory retention.
The memory system has transformed how the speaker retains information and everything they are able to do because of it.
The speaker attributes 100% of their learning over the past year to this memory system and believes it could change others' lives too.
Transcripts
last year i realized i'd forgotten
everything i was learning i mean
everything determined to remember at
least a single thing from the halfway
sentient daydream that was my covet
experience i created a system to
remember
everything
fast forward an entire year as it felt
like 2021 did automatically and i've
followed this system religiously
this video is the most important piece
i've shared so far and this technique is
really the only reason i've been able to
learn so much over the past two years
in this piece i'll explain the memory
system i've created why it works
according to science and how it enables
me to remember every single thing i
learn without exception
[Music]
when it gets right down to it our brains
work pretty flawlessly as it is our
brains could have evolved to remember
every minute detail and event that's
happened throughout our lives but there
needed to be a reason to which there
just never was creatures evolve through
life or death experiences if we remember
which mushroom will kill us
you know we have a better chance of
living if we remember what the clouds
looked like on our sixth birthday it
just doesn't give us a lot of
information just imagine if one minute
from now you remembered every little
detail in this frame every previous
frame of video you've ever seen also
99.9 of that would serve no purpose a
large part of the autistic spectrum
consists of differences in how people's
brains are unable to filter out over
stimulation through the complexities of
our world but most brains are amazing at
forgetting useless information you'll
probably understand the general concept
and point of this video we won't
remember what i said word for word in
the introduction the point of having a
photographic memory shouldn't just be to
remember every little detail of
perception but instead remember what we
deem as important not what our
subconscious
automatically filters out
this is the reason i developed this
system
part one the science
so how do our brains choose what
information to store and what to discard
well it isn't just life or death related
i'll remember for the rest of my life a
dream i had when i was five where the
animated trolls from the original hobbit
invaded my kitchen and yet that's not
increasing my chances of survival the
average layperson trying to learn
nuclear physics for the first time will
probably find it very difficult to
retain that information this is dr sean
kane explaining his research on the
cognitive psychology of learning and
memory what it shows us is two things
the first is that our brains remember
importance the second is that importance
is determined by value relation and
repetition
these three items are what all
non-physical cognitive memory research
revolves around understanding this is
critical to understanding how to create
a photographic memory for yourself value
our brains decide what is valuable based
on its use in our lives that's why as
king said learning nuclear physics is
difficult
when i was five my brain subconsciously
decided that this recurring troll
nightmare had value now why was this you
know most of the time what the case is
is that our brains have an emotion bias
if we elicit a strong emotion like pure
terror our brains treat that event as
valuable otherwise why would we have not
slept for days just because these stupid
cartoon drills won't stop entering every
single dream youtube relation more than
anything i consider myself a filmmaker i
remember lens characteristics and
lighting setups etc because all of this
information relates to me
relating information to yourself is
something that happens consciously but
still impacts your subconscious
what's powerful is that if you start
learning something new like music at
first it won't relate to anything but
soon that new information relates to
previous information in that same
category repetition now to get back to
the nightmare trolls another strong
reason why i remember these little men
is the repetition of this memory i've
thought about this memory consistently
since i was five every time i've seen
the cartoon hobbit i remember them in my
kitchen and on top of that i feel like
this is my first memory so because of
this whenever someone asks me what my
first memory is
i bring up the cold sleepless nights of
2008. repetition like this ensures any
memory can stay in your mind no matter
how bad you want those trolls to leave
part two the memory system when the
german sociologist nicholas lumen became
a professor he was asked what his main
research project would be
in these three decades he published 70
books and 400 academic articles on a
huge variety of subjects from science to
art to history to philosophy and
progressed a multitude of fields to new
heights
this german lad is important to our
story because he popularized method of
expanding your memory called the
zettelkasten method now this method
isn't at all what this video is about
but to put it simply the method consists
of writing notes on small pieces of
paper with a numbering system to be able
to link new notes to other notes
since lumen's focus was on writing books
this makes sense he said books would
write themselves and if you had 90 000
notes of various subjects all linked
together i'm sure that entire books were
just swimming around the millions of
words strung together on his desk
however the zettlecast method failed to
see a large opportunity here is where my
memory system comes in
see lumen and zedel caston both missed
out on half a century of research in
your cognitive memory that i talked
about in the first part of this piece
what i realized over a year ago was that
if you take the science behind why we
remember what we do and our memory
biases into account then a new method
can be created one that works with the
natural functions of the brain this
method is the xettlecast method taken to
a new height one that isn't just writing
interconnected notes but instead one
that makes its way back into our brain
allowing us to remember everything that
we want to and here's how it works
the three rules are simplicity personal
connection and to benefit from human
specific memory biases the three key
concepts are information
translation and representation
information goes in your head you
translate it to the real world on paper
then you represent that information in a
new way
let me explain
step one grab an index card step two
title it with what you want to remember
step three fill the card with
information about the subject make it
sound personal and very informal now
this is crucial if the card sounds like
a wikipedia article you failed
step four write your own personal
connection to the information
this is huge once your brain recognizes
what you wrote is important it just
sticks it really is amazing how well
this small step works
step five draw a picture this is the
final step to being able to remember
literally anything you write down by
drawing the subject of this note it
can't remain abstract the idea is able
to be visualized and the representation
of the information can now stay in your
brain
now this might sound simple after all it
doesn't seem to be too different from
jotting down a note like normal well i
didn't experiment to validate this over
the last year while building my
collection of siriani notes i've also
been making notes on my phone after a
year of doing this it's remarkable the
difference of what i remember from
typing a note versus doing this process
of the memory system i will literally
read a note on my phone and not even be
able to remember how it ends that's how
little of it remains in my brain
for the siriani notes on the other hand
i can't believe how much i remember
after a bit less than a year the stack
of notes has grown pretty substantially
in the past year i've read books that i
remember basically nothing from but i've
also read books i took siriani notes on
and i could literally answer
any question about it it's gotten to the
point where anything important enters my
head i immediately take a note on and so
far they've all remained in my head
memory based on intention
now last part of this video talks about
the mindset shift that comes with this
memory system but before that i
explained value in relation within the
system but i haven't talked about the
third concept which if you remember was
repetition now this is a really cool
benefit of having this whole system be
physical see the stack of the notes is
always sitting on my desk when i'm bored
i'll flip through the cards if i need to
find one i'll end up reading dozens
along the way because of how short they
are
you don't get this if the system is
digital which is why i think that cards
are the way to go the expansion of my
memory that i can't even begin to
describe has made it certain that i'm
never going back to the normal lame
version of memory but along with the
literal benefits of this year-long
experiment something else surprising
started to happen a substantial mindset
shift towards new information
this channel is about continuous
learning and expanding your awareness
what this new memory system has done for
me is created this strange drive to
learn more for the first time in my life
i can literally quantify the knowledge
in my brain which is like super trippy
to think about
the size of the stack is the amount of
intentional information i've added to my
mind the bigger the stack gets i just
get to see
how much more i'm learning and i get
more driven to grow it this memory
system has literally gamified the
expansion of knowledge which again i
just can't reiterate is like crazy my
progress within film photography
engineering and cgi isn't just measured
by deadlines and goals now now i can
measure it by stacks of memory chunks
sitting on my desk it really feels like
it makes learning the goal of a project
even before starting this youtube i've
made probably over 30 cards on
storytelling editing channel growth
thumbnails how to relate complex ideas
and so on to try and grow this channel
my goal with this system is to just keep
growing it in some ways it's changed too
over the last year i recently started
writing examples instead of connections
because i realized an example that
relates to my life could hold even more
value for how my brain interprets the
information
so to wrap things up i wasn't
exaggerating when i said that this was
the most important video i've released
the system has transformed how i retain
information and everything i'm able to
do
because of that if any of you try out or
implement this method in your own lives
let me know i'd be happy to answer any
questions uh the channel is still like
really small so i'll see every comment
um with that being said i've learned a
lot over this last year and i attribute
a hundred percent of that to this method
so give it a shot i think it could
change your life too
i'll see you next time
you
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