Subject
3 entries
Cognition
Bookmarks
How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily
Michael Covington's guide arguing that writing, thinking, and learning are deeply interconnected — you don't truly know something until you can write about it clearly. Practical advice on clear academic and technical writing aimed at amplifying intellectual capacity.
Six Ways to Think Long-Term: A Cognitive Toolkit for Good Ancestors
The Long Now Foundation's synthesis of six cognitive tools for long-term thinking — from the Cathedral Thinking of medieval builders to the Seventh Generation principle of Indigenous governance. A toolkit for expanding temporal perspective in decisions.
The Crayola-fication of the World: How We Gave Colors Names (Part II)
Part II of an Empirical Zeal series on how naming colors changes how we perceive them — connecting Sapir-Whorf linguistic relativity to neuroimaging studies showing that named colors are processed differently across brain hemispheres. One of the best accessible treatments of how language shapes perceptual categories.