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    John Backus‏ @backus Aug 11

    We forget what we read. Highlighting doesn't help you study. What if we used spaced repetition to intentionally manage what abstract concepts are top-of-mind? I think doing this well could dramatically enhance creativity and thinking.https://medium.com/@jbackus/intentionally-shaping-your-thinking-9a19a9628973 …

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      2. Callum Flack‏ @callumflack Aug 11
        Replying to @backus

        Very interesting, thanks. Great idea that twitter is a resurfacing tool (positive take on echo chamber bias!). You’ve tapped into s’thing. @readwiseio has been great each morning. And I forgot @rsnous made Screenotate, I use it a dozen times a day 👌

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      3. Callum Flack‏ @callumflack Aug 11
        Replying to @callumflack @backus and

        ps. ForteLabs have a random note resurfacer app for your @evernote — https://evernote-random.glitch.me/  It’s a slot machine for all your cool notes 🦊 cc @fortelabs

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      4. Gabe Bassin‏ @gabebassin Aug 12
        Replying to @callumflack @backus and

        +1. You should also check our @fortelabs series on Progressive Summarization. It helps to both iterate and also create.https://praxis.fortelabs.co/progressive-summarization-a-practical-technique-for-designing-discoverable-notes-3459b257d3eb/ …

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      2. Fred Ehrsam‏Verified account @FEhrsam Aug 12
        Replying to @backus

        Right - have to apply new mental models to rewire your brain with them. Why exec coaching as you’re in the thick of running a biz is helpful (you’re constantly forced to apply learnings), while imo biz school isn’t as much (like highlighting while reading).

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      3. Fred Ehrsam‏Verified account @FEhrsam Aug 12
        Replying to @FEhrsam @backus

        Also why reading multiple things at once can make them all stick more - you can use the content of each as a testing ground for the mental models of one and vice versa.

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      1. Adam David Long‏ @adamdavidlong Aug 12
        Replying to @backus @denniskennedy

        The essay by @gwern (which @michael_nielsen discusses in his post) on Anki and spaced repetition is great https://www.gwern.net/Spaced-repetition …

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      2. Rishi Ishairzay  💫‏ @rishair Aug 11
        Replying to @backus

        great insights and thanks for the Readwise recommendation. kindle highlights always felt lackluster but this really connects it to an eventual payoff.

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      3. Rishi Ishairzay  💫‏ @rishair Aug 11
        Replying to @rishair @backus

        In the same way that owning a GoPro makes me want to do more action-y things, Readwise makes me a little more excited to read. Seems like the ability to capture and reflect drives the action that’s being captured.

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      2. Gordon Mohr  👁 👁‏ @gojomo Aug 11
        Replying to @backus

        the guy behind the seminal SuperMemo for spaced repetition also promotes ‘incremental reading’ for reinforcing key concepts from read materials: https://www.supermemo.com/help/read.htm 

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      3. MJ Alwajeeh‏ @MJAlwajeeh Aug 12
        Replying to @gojomo @backus

        From the article: “Incremental reading converts electronic articles into durable knowledge in your memory.”

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      4. MJ Alwajeeh‏ @MJAlwajeeh Aug 12
        Replying to @MJAlwajeeh @gojomo @backus

        And “The key to creativity is an association of remote ideas. By studying multiple subjects in unpredictable order, you will increase your power to associate ideas. This will immensely improve your creativity”

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      1. Daniel Doyon‏ @deadly_onion Aug 11
        Replying to @backus

        Awesome article. We’re actually working on exactly this at @readwiseio. We call it “intelligent resurfacing”.

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      2. Connor Jacobsen‏ @cnnrjcbsn Aug 11
        Replying to @backus

        There’s a lot of evidence that spaced repetition does indeed help memory. The Feynman technique is basically spaced repetition on steroids.

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      3. Connor Jacobsen‏ @cnnrjcbsn Aug 11
        Replying to @cnnrjcbsn @backus

        Makes sense biologically too because your brain effectively goes “oh I’ve seen this many times before, it must be important to my survival”

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      1. Kelly Reid‏ @kellyreid Aug 16
        Replying to @backus

        I have been doing this for years at the suggestion of @EmersonSpartz and it has changed my life. Spaced review bakes things into your subconscious; your reactions and general tendencies become an amalgam of what you read. You act on the information automatically.

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      1. veronicaosinski‏ @vaosinski Aug 12
        Replying to @backus

        My own 2 cents.. I’ve found the more a piece of reading provokes emotion, the more I remember it. For example, I tend to retain memory and understanding with books where I have a strong visceral reaction to characters or there’s an anecdote that provokes feelings.

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      1. Adam David Long‏ @adamdavidlong Aug 12
        Replying to @backus @denniskennedy

        Was getting ready to recommend that you check out @michael_nielsen essay but then I saw you already read it!

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      1. Erwin Kuhn‏ @ErwKuhn Aug 12
        Replying to @backus

        Current reading pattern: read through once, highlight interesting bits. If the piece was stimulating, go back a 2nd time and read through the highlights to write down notes. If some useful concepts or ideas I want to see regularly appear, put that into Anki.

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      1. Brian Heligman‏ @BrianTHeligman Aug 11
        Replying to @backus

        “I don’t want to read everything, I just want to read one hundred great books over and over again.” — Unknown

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