Good memory—i.e., the ability to remember and retrieve relevant things—makes you a better thinker for at least two reasons. Firstly, it aids understanding because you have access to more concepts, which widens your context, in result making you more objective, rational, and less prone to biases. Secondly, it aids creativity because, again, you can access more ideas, which enables you to create more potential combinations. Q: How to learn shit
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