[BAWD #17] The Forgetting Curve and Tiny Experiments

Mar 19, 2021

Hello there 👋🏾,

I trust you had a blissful week?! Btw, here’s a friendly reminder that the harder our brain has to work to retrieve information, the more that neurons strengthen in the retrieval process. 💙

The forgetting curve hypothesizes that information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it. As humans, we halve our memory of newly learned knowledge in days unless we consciously revise it. Hence the need to utilize techniques like Active Recall and Spaced Repetition to interrupt the forgetting curve and retain knowledge longer.

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Good Tidings 🔊

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Book Recommendations 📚

The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham.
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Salvation Plain and Simple by Curtis Hutson.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear.
The Coding Career Handbook by Shawn Wang.

Featured Tweets 😍

Dan Abramov @dan_abramov

Underrated way to learn something: try building a toy version of it. You both learn a little bit about the problem and get better at extracting the essence of something complex.

Angie Jones @techgirl1908

Got a question today: "With all the information I’m learning what are some tips/best practices on how to retain it all?" By building. 🧵

Edidiong Asikpo @Didicodes

If you want to master something, teach it.

Ben Hong @bencodezen

I often need to undo the last commit, but the command is so complicated that I finally just created an alias. alias gitnvm="git reset --soft HEAD~1"

Quote of the day 💙

“Never miss twice. If you miss one day, try to get back on track as quickly as possible” —James Clear

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