How I Developed A Photographic Memory

State Of Mind
21 Mar 202211:07

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

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🧠 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.

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🗂️ 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.

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🌳 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.

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Keywords

💡Sistema de memoria

El video presenta un sistema de memoria desarrollado por el narrador para poder recordar todo lo que aprende. Este sistema se basa en la ciencia de la psicología cognitiva y utiliza técnicas como tarjetas de índice, dibujos y conexiones personales para facilitar el almacenamiento de información en el cerebro. El sistema de memoria es el tema central del video y se explica en detalle cómo funciona y por qué es efectivo.

💡Valor

Uno de los conceptos clave mencionados es el valor. Según el video, nuestro cerebro decide qué información almacenar en función de su valor, es decir, su utilidad o importancia percibida en nuestras vidas. El sistema de memoria busca aumentar el valor de la información mediante conexiones personales y representaciones visuales para que el cerebro la considere valiosa y la retenga.

💡Relación

La relación es otro concepto importante que determina qué información recordamos. El video explica que tendemos a recordar mejor la información que se relaciona con nuestros intereses, habilidades o experiencias previas. Por lo tanto, el sistema de memoria fomenta la creación de conexiones personales con la información para aumentar su relevancia y facilitar su retención.

💡Repetición

La repetición es el tercer factor clave que influye en la memoria según el video. Se menciona que la repetición de cierta información o recuerdos, como el ejemplo de los trolls de la infancia del narrador, ayuda a reforzar su permanencia en la memoria. El sistema de memoria utiliza la revisión periódica de las tarjetas de índice como una forma de repetición para consolidar la información aprendida.

💡Conexiones personales

Una de las reglas clave del sistema de memoria es crear conexiones personales con la información que se desea recordar. Esto implica escribir la información en un estilo informal y relacionarla con experiencias, intereses o ejemplos personales. Según el video, establecer estas conexiones aumenta la relevancia percibida de la información y facilita su retención en la memoria.

💡Representaciones visuales

Otra regla importante del sistema de memoria es la representación visual de la información. El video recomienda dibujar imágenes relacionadas con el tema en las tarjetas de índice. Esto ayuda a concretar y visualizar la información abstracta, lo que a su vez facilita su retención en la memoria visual y espacial del cerebro.

💡Tarjetas de índice

Las tarjetas de índice son un componente central del sistema de memoria presentado en el video. Estas tarjetas se utilizan para escribir información, hacer conexiones personales y dibujar representaciones visuales. El proceso de crear y revisar estas tarjetas físicas es fundamental para el funcionamiento del sistema y para facilitar el almacenamiento de la información en la memoria a largo plazo.

💡Sesgo emocional

El video menciona el sesgo emocional como una de las razones por las que recordamos ciertos eventos o recuerdos. Se explica que nuestro cerebro tiende a considerar valiosa la información que evoca emociones fuertes, como el terror experimentado por el narrador en su pesadilla infantil con los trolls. El sistema de memoria busca aprovechar este sesgo al fomentar las conexiones personales y emocionales con la información.

💡Gamificación del aprendizaje

Hacia el final del video, el narrador describe cómo el sistema de memoria ha gamificado el proceso de aprendizaje para él. Al ver crecer físicamente la pila de tarjetas de índice, se siente motivado a seguir aprendiendo y expandiendo su conocimiento. Esta gamificación del aprendizaje, al cuantificar visualmente el progreso, es un beneficio inesperado pero poderoso del sistema de memoria.

💡Expansión de la conciencia

El video menciona que el propósito del canal y del sistema de memoria es la expansión continua del aprendizaje y la conciencia. El narrador afirma que el sistema ha transformado su capacidad para retener información, lo que a su vez ha ampliado su conciencia y conocimiento en áreas como cinematografía, fotografía e ingeniería. La expansión de la conciencia a través del aprendizaje se presenta como un objetivo fundamental del sistema de memoria.

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

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last year i realized i'd forgotten

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everything i was learning i mean

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everything determined to remember at

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least a single thing from the halfway

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sentient daydream that was my covet

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experience i created a system to

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remember

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everything

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fast forward an entire year as it felt

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like 2021 did automatically and i've

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followed this system religiously

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this video is the most important piece

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i've shared so far and this technique is

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really the only reason i've been able to

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learn so much over the past two years

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in this piece i'll explain the memory

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system i've created why it works

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according to science and how it enables

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me to remember every single thing i

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learn without exception

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when it gets right down to it our brains

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work pretty flawlessly as it is our

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brains could have evolved to remember

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every minute detail and event that's

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happened throughout our lives but there

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needed to be a reason to which there

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just never was creatures evolve through

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life or death experiences if we remember

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which mushroom will kill us

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you know we have a better chance of

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living if we remember what the clouds

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looked like on our sixth birthday it

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just doesn't give us a lot of

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information just imagine if one minute

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from now you remembered every little

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detail in this frame every previous

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frame of video you've ever seen also

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99.9 of that would serve no purpose a

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large part of the autistic spectrum

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consists of differences in how people's

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brains are unable to filter out over

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stimulation through the complexities of

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our world but most brains are amazing at

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forgetting useless information you'll

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probably understand the general concept

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and point of this video we won't

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remember what i said word for word in

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the introduction the point of having a

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photographic memory shouldn't just be to

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remember every little detail of

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perception but instead remember what we

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deem as important not what our

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subconscious

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automatically filters out

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this is the reason i developed this

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system

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part one the science

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so how do our brains choose what

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information to store and what to discard

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well it isn't just life or death related

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i'll remember for the rest of my life a

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dream i had when i was five where the

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animated trolls from the original hobbit

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invaded my kitchen and yet that's not

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increasing my chances of survival the

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average layperson trying to learn

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nuclear physics for the first time will

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probably find it very difficult to

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retain that information this is dr sean

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kane explaining his research on the

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cognitive psychology of learning and

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memory what it shows us is two things

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the first is that our brains remember

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importance the second is that importance

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is determined by value relation and

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repetition

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these three items are what all

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non-physical cognitive memory research

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revolves around understanding this is

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critical to understanding how to create

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a photographic memory for yourself value

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our brains decide what is valuable based

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on its use in our lives that's why as

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king said learning nuclear physics is

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difficult

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when i was five my brain subconsciously

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decided that this recurring troll

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nightmare had value now why was this you

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know most of the time what the case is

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is that our brains have an emotion bias

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if we elicit a strong emotion like pure

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terror our brains treat that event as

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valuable otherwise why would we have not

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slept for days just because these stupid

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cartoon drills won't stop entering every

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single dream youtube relation more than

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anything i consider myself a filmmaker i

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remember lens characteristics and

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lighting setups etc because all of this

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information relates to me

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relating information to yourself is

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something that happens consciously but

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still impacts your subconscious

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what's powerful is that if you start

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learning something new like music at

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first it won't relate to anything but

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soon that new information relates to

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previous information in that same

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category repetition now to get back to

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the nightmare trolls another strong

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reason why i remember these little men

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is the repetition of this memory i've

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thought about this memory consistently

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since i was five every time i've seen

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the cartoon hobbit i remember them in my

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kitchen and on top of that i feel like

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this is my first memory so because of

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this whenever someone asks me what my

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first memory is

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i bring up the cold sleepless nights of

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2008. repetition like this ensures any

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memory can stay in your mind no matter

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how bad you want those trolls to leave

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part two the memory system when the

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german sociologist nicholas lumen became

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a professor he was asked what his main

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research project would be

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in these three decades he published 70

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books and 400 academic articles on a

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huge variety of subjects from science to

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art to history to philosophy and

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progressed a multitude of fields to new

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heights

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this german lad is important to our

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story because he popularized method of

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expanding your memory called the

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zettelkasten method now this method

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isn't at all what this video is about

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but to put it simply the method consists

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of writing notes on small pieces of

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paper with a numbering system to be able

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to link new notes to other notes

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since lumen's focus was on writing books

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this makes sense he said books would

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write themselves and if you had 90 000

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notes of various subjects all linked

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together i'm sure that entire books were

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just swimming around the millions of

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words strung together on his desk

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however the zettlecast method failed to

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see a large opportunity here is where my

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memory system comes in

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see lumen and zedel caston both missed

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out on half a century of research in

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your cognitive memory that i talked

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about in the first part of this piece

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what i realized over a year ago was that

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if you take the science behind why we

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remember what we do and our memory

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biases into account then a new method

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can be created one that works with the

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natural functions of the brain this

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method is the xettlecast method taken to

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a new height one that isn't just writing

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interconnected notes but instead one

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that makes its way back into our brain

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allowing us to remember everything that

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we want to and here's how it works

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the three rules are simplicity personal

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connection and to benefit from human

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specific memory biases the three key

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concepts are information

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translation and representation

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information goes in your head you

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translate it to the real world on paper

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then you represent that information in a

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new way

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let me explain

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step one grab an index card step two

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title it with what you want to remember

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step three fill the card with

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information about the subject make it

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sound personal and very informal now

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this is crucial if the card sounds like

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a wikipedia article you failed

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step four write your own personal

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connection to the information

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this is huge once your brain recognizes

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what you wrote is important it just

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sticks it really is amazing how well

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this small step works

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step five draw a picture this is the

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final step to being able to remember

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literally anything you write down by

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drawing the subject of this note it

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can't remain abstract the idea is able

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to be visualized and the representation

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of the information can now stay in your

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brain

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now this might sound simple after all it

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doesn't seem to be too different from

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jotting down a note like normal well i

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didn't experiment to validate this over

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the last year while building my

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collection of siriani notes i've also

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been making notes on my phone after a

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year of doing this it's remarkable the

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difference of what i remember from

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typing a note versus doing this process

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of the memory system i will literally

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read a note on my phone and not even be

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able to remember how it ends that's how

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little of it remains in my brain

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for the siriani notes on the other hand

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i can't believe how much i remember

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after a bit less than a year the stack

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of notes has grown pretty substantially

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in the past year i've read books that i

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remember basically nothing from but i've

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also read books i took siriani notes on

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and i could literally answer

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any question about it it's gotten to the

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point where anything important enters my

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head i immediately take a note on and so

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far they've all remained in my head

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memory based on intention

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now last part of this video talks about

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the mindset shift that comes with this

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memory system but before that i

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explained value in relation within the

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system but i haven't talked about the

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third concept which if you remember was

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repetition now this is a really cool

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benefit of having this whole system be

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physical see the stack of the notes is

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always sitting on my desk when i'm bored

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i'll flip through the cards if i need to

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find one i'll end up reading dozens

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along the way because of how short they

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are

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you don't get this if the system is

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digital which is why i think that cards

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are the way to go the expansion of my

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memory that i can't even begin to

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describe has made it certain that i'm

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never going back to the normal lame

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version of memory but along with the

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literal benefits of this year-long

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experiment something else surprising

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started to happen a substantial mindset

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shift towards new information

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this channel is about continuous

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learning and expanding your awareness

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what this new memory system has done for

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me is created this strange drive to

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learn more for the first time in my life

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i can literally quantify the knowledge

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in my brain which is like super trippy

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to think about

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the size of the stack is the amount of

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intentional information i've added to my

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mind the bigger the stack gets i just

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get to see

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how much more i'm learning and i get

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more driven to grow it this memory

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system has literally gamified the

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expansion of knowledge which again i

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just can't reiterate is like crazy my

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progress within film photography

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engineering and cgi isn't just measured

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by deadlines and goals now now i can

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measure it by stacks of memory chunks

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sitting on my desk it really feels like

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it makes learning the goal of a project

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even before starting this youtube i've

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made probably over 30 cards on

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storytelling editing channel growth

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thumbnails how to relate complex ideas

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and so on to try and grow this channel

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my goal with this system is to just keep

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growing it in some ways it's changed too

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over the last year i recently started

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writing examples instead of connections

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because i realized an example that

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relates to my life could hold even more

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value for how my brain interprets the

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information

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so to wrap things up i wasn't

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exaggerating when i said that this was

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the most important video i've released

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the system has transformed how i retain

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information and everything i'm able to

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do

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because of that if any of you try out or

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implement this method in your own lives

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let me know i'd be happy to answer any

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questions uh the channel is still like

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really small so i'll see every comment

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um with that being said i've learned a

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lot over this last year and i attribute

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a hundred percent of that to this method

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so give it a shot i think it could

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change your life too

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i'll see you next time

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you

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