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How Learning a Language is Like Conquering a Country (But Not in the Way You’re Thinking)

This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series The Art of War of Learning

This entry is part 13 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningRecently, I was doing SRS reps in my Japanese STEM deck, and a card based on this paragraph came up: “3歳までに教育を開始しないと手遅れという考えは、3歳までの家庭環境が人格を左右するという三歳児神話の一種である。” [早期教育 – Wikipedia] goo.gl/mXBH3G It’s from a section of the article where they talk about critics of early accelerated…

Why America Doesn’t Win Wars Any More and What (Ironically) That Can Teach You About Learning Languages

This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series The Art of War of Learning
This entry is part 25 of 26 in the series Timeboxing Trilogy

This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningThis entry is part 25 of 26 in the series Timeboxing TrilogyYou like that lame, Buzzfeedy title? Yeah. You know you do. Based on that title, you may be thinking that you’re about to read an answer to the question…

Fight Battles, Not Wars

This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series The Art of War of Learning

This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningYou don’t fight wars. You plan wars. Heaven help us, I do sound awfully bellicose, don’t I? Again, this is war as metaphor; I’m a pacifist and a coward to boot. I’m literally afraid of the dark (still sleep with…

How to Worry Correctly

This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series The Art of War of Learning

This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series The Art of War of LearningSometimes our worries are too luxurious. But this is not the only worry failure mode. There are other forms of irrelevant worry. The kind we’re going to talk about today is perhaps even more pervasive and more pernicious than your…