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Bill Gates reviews “Moonwalking with Einstein”
Sometimes people have suggested that I’ve got a “photographic memory,” particularly when I’m talking about topics that interest me, like science and business. It’s a nice compliment, but it’s not really true. Not even close. For example, my friend Mike is so much better than I am at remembering movie facts – what actor was in which movie and when it was made. I can’t do that.
I do still remember every line of the first complex software program I ever wrote. Because I spend a lot of time thinking about science and business, I have a structure or a context that the facts can fit into. Like, “Oh, this company is like that one, but different in this way." I think most people have good memory for things in the domains they’re really interested in.
I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by a young science writer, Joshua Foer. It’s absolutely phenomenal, one of the most interesting books I’ve read this summer.
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Book: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
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- Ted Talk - Joshua Foer: Feats Of Memory Anyone Can Do
Link ……………….. Related book: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything Related previous posts: Joshua Foer: Moonwalking with Einstein The Secret of Memory ...
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