Interesting that expert mnemonists (e.g. world memory champions) don't seem to be able translate that into "real-world" achievement (e.g. top execs, creatives, etc). IME insight production does seem to depend on my long-term memory performance. Not sure how to account for this.
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If you’re able to spend the thousands of hours necessary to be an expert mnemonist, you probably don’t have much else going on in your life. There’s probably a tradeoff going on there.
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I considered that, but I don't think it's enough. Foer famously became a champion after just a year of practice.
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I’m thinking more of people like:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Har
who clearly have spent their time just on the process of memorization.
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