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full-title:: The Feynman Technique: How to Learn Anything Quickly site:: Todoist Inspiration Hub author:: fadeke date-saved:: 02-06-2024 date-published:: 17-08-2021 date-archived:: 07-06-2024 is-archived:: 10 source:: Omnivore state:: archived
- ### Highlights
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- > memorization is not understanding. When [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#68c4df3f-7483-4f12-9d54-14be947a6b49)
- > the more we learn, the more _our capacity_ to learn increases. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#a288c354-9724-4055-b169-38d7c7355bc0)
- > a process to _obtain understanding_, not something you do once you already understand. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#bd3961a5-3150-45a2-9d2a-faa9068eba61)
- > down explicitly what you don’t know provides you with a starting point. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#17b5527d-8701-44e6-8447-0751006611d9)
- > little time to change that here and there.” [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#ed49bb69-057b-47a0-9e83-f1f1f6485755)
- > selection, research, writing, explaining, and refining. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#b7a51497-01e6-44a6-b37a-738b0c541ed3)
- > Notebook Of Things I Don’t Know About. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#2ccc027e-8dde-4422-82cc-93cb58a64460)
- > believed that learning should be an active process of "trial and error, discovery, free inquiry"; and held that if you couldn't explain something clearly and simply it was because you didn't understand it well enough. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/the-feynman-technique-how-to-learn-anything-quickly-18fd92778a6#edd10dc3-aabb-411f-9b13-472a47c3c262)