Memorization club idea. You meat on Jan 1 and each pick a weird thing to memorize. Meet monthly to entertain each other with random recitation stunts with some sort of associated drinking game. December 31 big party with fuller demo. Jan 1 pick another.
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My life's too short for this but you gotta meet my dad. He won a TV trivia once thanks to his memorization skills
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I’m in. What’s the club called?
- Memory Pals
- First Brain Society
- Meeting of Loci
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Nick Hornsby's High Fidelity (and Juliet Naked, which was a better movie) seem like something of a meditation on this behavior. The ability to remember vast amounts of trivia, and the perils of prioritizing that.
Certainly I know FAR 2 many tunes/lyrics/artist info/celebrity goss
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An alternative way to go down the same rabbit hole (which might be time better spent for some people) is described by Scott Alexander:
slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/15/thi
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First rule of memorization club: don’t forget memorization club.




