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Secrets of a World Memory Champion

Talkat RailsConf 2014 · 2014-04-22..04-25· [soft-skills]
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Claims a novice can learn to memorize foreign‑language words, driving directions, phone numbers, a shuffled deck, credit cards and even a conference’s names; demonstrates by having the audience memorize ten random words and practice name‑technique successfully. Tools are memory palace, person‑action‑object compression and the major (phonetic) system for two‑digit images. Gives concrete numbers: world record 937 random digits in 15 minutes, two decks fit a 34‑location run, and shows live combinations that reliably encode and retrieve items.

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