An Unexpected Payment Simonides was born on the windswept isle of Ceos. He left home at an early age to venture across Hellenic Greece, immersing himself in its rich culture.
Panegyric Imagine standing shoulder-to-shoulder with three hundred brothers-in-arms, squeezed between two unforgiving cliffs and facing an overwhelming force of one million invaders.
Mnemotechnique Your brain tries to keep you and your community alive; it is an adaptable survival organ.
First, Don't be Stupid Charlie Munger was a self made man, and a billionaire who spent his lifetime thinking about thinking.
Carrington Event In light of the potential risks posed by Carrington Events – massive solar storms capable of crippling the technology of the human world – it's crucial to cultivate skills in memory, problem-solving, and creativity.
Elaboration To remember new things we want to link them into our associative memory, or link them into the collection of things we already know. Neurons that fire together wire together.