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I use video game locations as memory palaces. I use Pokemon to represent numbers. It takes me 10 minutes to memorize a deck. It took me two 20 minute training sessions to learn how.

I will eventually use it to learn a new language.

I read half of "Moonwalking with Einstein", worked out some exercises, and started practicing. By the next day, I could remember the order of the deck of cards!

I can't believe I went my whole school career without knowing such a valuable technique.

Can you expand on what you mean by cross-improvement?

The differences are huge. One of the first things I did was make a memory papace for my current month and set up my schedule.

Also remembering names is laughably trivial for me now.

It feels like gaining a super power in the form of memory and litteraly everyone thinks you're a genius (even though they could just as easily learn the skill)




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