Writing is the only thing that matters.

Don't just read. Make reading notes. Don't just learn. Make blog posts or something to share what you learned.

Also, hand-written notes has some advantage. In (Mueller & Oppenheimer, The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking, 2014), it's shown that students who ta

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1/ Becoming highly literate changes the physical shape of our brains: "Learning to read forms specialized brain networks that influence our psychology across several different domains, including memory, visual processing, and facial recognition. Literacy changes people’s biology and psychology without altering the under... See more

There are a number of reasons I take notes by hand, even though I have an AI that also is taking notes: Understanding: Writing by hand is proven to help you process information, which can lead to a deeper comprehension of the conversation.1 Improved memory: The act of writing activates areas of the brain that help increase comprehension and retenti

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