How NOT to Remember What You Read - Why Memorization Is Useless

Go to https://squarespace.com/rcwaldun to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. A video essay on our learning culture's obsession with memorization and how to read for true understanding. My new course on how to bring more intelligent reading into your life in 2023: https://skl.sh/3HtD1Kb Other Resources: My course on writing essays in the humanities: https://skl.sh/3ow0m2G My new course on keeping a writer's diary: https://skl.sh/3qHJKYg Selected Writings: https://rcwaldun.com/ My Essays: https://medium.com/@rcwaldun My playlist on Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2yn... My collaborative novel about Melbourne: There's A Tale To This City: https://rcwaldun.com/tale My short story collection Passing Tales: https://rcwaldun.com/publication My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/r.c.waldun/ Chapters: Our Obsession With Memorization: 00:00 1: A Brief History of Memorization: 03:05 2: Understanding Requisite Variety: 05:55 Sponsor: 09:10