Good sleep, good learning, good life
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Good sleep, good learning, good life
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#2Site is down HOD.
Here is https://archive.is/NLi1E
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#3Regarding sleep: I wondered recently if Matthew Walker responded to the critique from here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850
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#4I did not read the article (what did you expect, we are on HN ;)
Anyway, my experience has been a little bit different. I would summarize it as "good life, good sleep, good learning". And yes, order matters.
The fact is that recently I was completely in my midlife crisis and was at probably 50% of my mental stamina (memory loss, lack of interest, poor focus, and insomnia). I was ok with the fact that I was getting old and accepted all that as normal. Then things changed (my mortgage ended, my children went out of the primal-youth zone, I lost a really demanding job). Now things are really different. I sleep well, things seem to really get into my mind much like it used to be during my youth.
I am not so sure I understand what is happening. But I definitely consider my previous state as impossible to learn anything whatever method I use.
I am slowly getting out of that.
And I now force me into a mental diet to avoid any unnecessary stimulus that would bring me back to my previous state.
So my learning experience is that external conditions are supremely important. The method comes second.
[And yes, supermemo is pretty cool]
Re: Good sleep, good learning, good life
#5I did not read the article (what did you expect, we are on HN ;) Anyway, my experience has been a little bit different. I would summarize it as "good life, good sleep, good learning". And yes, order matters. The fact is that recently I was completely in my midlife crisis and was at probably 50% of my mental stamina (memory loss, lack of interest, poor focus, and insomnia ). I was ok with the fact that I was getting o…
That resonates with my own experience. I walked away from a bad relationship and my mental stamina, as you call it, improved dramatically. Memory is better, I am much more active and confident. I still have a very demanding job, so maybe I should change that as well.
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#6I did not read the article (what did you expect, we are on HN ;) Anyway, my experience has been a little bit different. I would summarize it as "good life, good sleep, good learning". And yes, order matters. The fact is that recently I was completely in my midlife crisis and was at probably 50% of my mental stamina (memory loss, lack of interest, poor focus, and insomnia ). I was ok with the fact that I was getting o…
Curious, what do you do? Get off social media, less screens, that sort of thing?
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#7> You can compare the use of alarm clocks to smoking or eating hot dogs.
Wow. That’s a big statement, surely comparing alarms to smoking is a bit much?
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#8Piotr Wozniak is a fascinating guy, if you want to read more about him: https://web.archive.org/web/20150613033756/http://archive.wi...
Is someone using his software here?
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#9Regarding sleep: I wondered recently if Matthew Walker responded to the critique from here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850
He's certainly responded to a lot of reader critique on his blog: https://sleepdiplomat.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/why-we-sleep-...
Not sure if that covers all of it, and I'm not sure whether any of it is factually correct.
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#10FYI- there is a summary section at the end of the article if it reads too long for you.