Believe it or not, I’m a pacifist. I really, literally am. I can’t even handle proper violence in movies (stylized ballet-type stuff like “The Matrix” is fine but “Sin City” and anything like that is far too much for me). Violence is physically, psychologically and morally abhorrent to me. And from a practical standpoint, I…
Immersion Hack: How To Keep Your Immersion Environment From Being Destroyed By Interruptions, Or What To Do Instead of Stopping or Pausing in Order To Maintain ICON (Immersive Continuity)
by khatzumoto
The “stop” and “pause” functions of our media players are great and all (no, they really are; I’m not being flippant out here). The only problem is that (if you’re anything like me, at least) it is very easy to forget to restart your player(s). The solution? Stop stopping. Stop pausing. Don’t use pause or…
Immersion Hack: How To Easily and Reliably Find L2 YouTube Videos That You Will Actually Love
by khatzumoto
The thing about the things you and I love is that they are very specific. Like, sure, I love science fiction and pretty-but-weird girls, but simply typing “science fiction” into YouTube is not, I think, the path to getting at things you love. That type of vaguery is like going to a Starbucks and asking…
More Immersion Multiplexing Hardware (Two Devices, Two Pairs of Headphones, 4-5 Audio Streams)
by khatzumoto
OK, so we’ve talked about immersion multiplexing previously: “A lot of the best business literature is in English and remains in English. I need access to it. But I need to get and stay used to Japanese and Chinese as well. What to do? Do both.” [Secret Immersion Technique: Multiplexing | AJATT Plus] goo.gl/EKZhjK “You…
Immersion Hack: Watch an L3 Movie with L2 Subtitles
by khatzumoto
Example: Watch a Korean movie with Chinese subs, assuming you know no Korean (and don’t plan on acquiring any soon, if at all) but do know some Chinese. No matter what level your L2 is at, it’ll show you just how good at your L2 you are (pretty durn good, at least by comparison). [(22)…
You Are Designed and Destined For Mastery
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series What It Takes to Be Great “Over the centuries, people have placed a wall around mastery. They have called it genius and have thought of it as inaccessible…But that wall is imaginary. This is the real secret: the brain that we possess…was designed to lead…