Breaking Into Accelerated Learning

Tracking my process of rapid skill acquisition

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Pan Grilled Salmon with cauliflower, broccoli and mushroom Ingredients - 200g salmon - broccoli, cauliflower& sliced mushroom (cut into medium chunk size) - salt and pepper; butter/ olive oil Steps: 1. Defrost the salmon, sprinkle some salt and pepper on top. 2. Melt a cube of butter in a pan. 3. Put the salmon in the middle of the pan and scatter the broccoli, cauliflower and sliced mushroom at the side. 4. Let it cooked for 5 min on low fire, turn the salmon and the veges to the other side every few min. 5. When the salmon is golden brown, the dish can be served.

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Trust me I'm lying

The media is a gigantic Ponzi scheme. Things goes viral because people along the food chain are desperate for more views. It is sufficient to say that the most powerful resources to own today is public's attention. Just look at Justin Bieber, he was a kid singing and strumming his guitar from home. His early fame is based on his music video on YouTube. Other example includes youtuber like Niga Higa, Kev Jumba and our own Malaysian youtuber JinniBoy. Nowadays news are generated out of thin air. Quantity prevails over quality. There is a Chinese proverb saying bad bad news travel miles. It is noticeable that news today is based on fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUB) more so than ever. Contents that has gone viral for no reason at all is increasingly frequent. From gangnam style, which basically depicts the life of those rich sob in Gangnam to Ylvis the fox song in which the lyrics are nothing more than sound of animals. Bad publicity sells. This is partly readers fault too. We like to watch people's screw up. Just look at Paris Hilton, Kardasian, TMZ, Miley Cyrus. There lies the reason why we all love to watch reality tv show.

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Speed Reading #1

I practice speed reading following the article by Tim Ferris

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/

1. Average word count of the book

9 words per line

28 lines per page

252 per page

2. Determine word per min (WPM)

1 min- 62 lines for fiction book

558 words per min

3. Following the exercise, I found the technique to use pointer, 1/2 sec per line and 2 fixation to greatly improve my reading speed. I'm aiming for 1 fixation per line now.

1512 words per min

4. Result?

I skim through the story at triple the reading speed as before. However, I do notice that my comprehension level is around 60% and I suffer from mild headache probably from intense reading session.