How to Remember What You Learn (Not Just Hoard It)
You read the book and forgot it by Tuesday. Here's how to remember what you learn using active recall and spacing, minus the cramming.
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Learning
A focused shelf of PickyFox posts on learning.
Deliberate Practice Without the Cult
The 10,000-hour rule is mostly a myth. Here's the stripped-down version of deliberate practice a busy adult can actually run.
Skill Stacking for a Career That Lasts
Skill stacking for a career that lasts is not collecting random abilities. It is pairing useful skills until your work becomes harder to copy.
How to Actually Read a Book
How to actually read a book using Mortimer Adler's four levels, without turning reading into homework with nicer stationery.
Wyner's Language Method Works for More Than Languages
Wyner's language method works outside language learning because it forces the two things courses avoid: personal mistakes and spaced repetition.
Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit for the Age of AI Slop
Carl Sagan wrote a critical-thinking checklist in 1995 that holds up better than 90% of media literacy content written this decade. Here are the nine questions, updated for AI content and productivity grifts.
Using AI to Learn a New Skill Faster (For Real)
Using AI to learn new skills can genuinely speed you up, or quietly fool you into thinking you've learned something. Here's how to get the first without the second.
Starter Pack: Building a Reading System
Stop reading into the void. Learn how to capture, organize, and actually retain what you read.
Books That Made Me Rethink Education
Books that made me rethink education, school, learning, credentials, and why adults wait for permission.
Starter Pack: Becoming a Better Writer in 30 Days
You don't need to be naturally gifted to write well. You need 30 days of deliberate practice, actual feedback, and permission to write badly first.
Quick Takes: Skills That Pay for Themselves
Three skills worth learning that'll earn back every hour you invest. Clear, underrated, and actually worth the grind.
Starter Pack: Learning a Language as a Busy Adult
You don't need two hours a day. You need a realistic routine that fits your actual life, not the life you wish you had.