What are three important aspects of ultralearning? (25-26)
What is ultralearning not? (25-26)
Why is ultralearning crucial in this economy? (28-29)
Why are schools not the best option to learn skills? (29-30)
What tools have made learning more accessible? (31)
What's the core of ultralearning? (37)
How does metalearning make you learn faster and more effectively? (54-55)
How can you find experts to interview? (60)
What's the emphasize/exclude method and how does it help to learn? (65-66)
Why don't you need multi-hour time blocks to learn? (79-80)
How might you immediately work through these distractions and overcome them over time? (82-83)
What's first needed? (84)
What is the indirect (ineffective) way most educators teach? (91)
Why does transfer seldom happen? (97)
What is project-based learning? (101-102)
What is immersive learning? (102)
What is the (flight) simulator method? (103)
What is the overkill approach? (104)
How often should you switch/cycle practice types? (113)
What is the time-slicing strategy to design learning drills? (114)
What is the cognitive components strategy to design learning drills? (115)
What is the copycat strategy to design learning drills? (115)
What is the magnifying glass strategy to design learning drills? (115)
What is the prerequisite chaining strategy to design learning drills? (115)
What mindset/attitude should you develop toward drills? (118)
When does a difficulty become undesirable? (126)
How can passive exposure to a topic help you decide what approach to take when solving a problem? (129)
What is the best use case for flashcards? (130)
What is free recall and when would you use it? (131)
What is the question-book method and what trap should avoid (and how can you avoid it)? (131-132)
For what type of knowledge do (self-generated) challenges work best? (132)
What is closed-book learning and why does it work? (133)
Why is feedback essential in learning? (137)
Why is outcome feedback still valuable? (142-143)
What is informational feedback and what do you need to get it? (143)
What is corrective feedback and what is the easiest way to get this type of feedback? (144)
How can you reduce noise in feedback? (148-149)
How can you hit the difficulty sweetspot? (149)
What is metafeedback and what are two ways to use it? (150)
What makes high-intensity, rapid feedback effective? (151)
What is decay, but why isn't it a full explanation of why we forget? (160-161)
What are two ways that other memories can interfere when learning something new? (161-162)
What is a cue and how does it play a role in remembering? (162)
What is an SRS and what is it best used for? (165-166)
What are ways that proceduralization can help you remember or learn new skills?
What are ways to apply overlearning? (172)
What are two disadvantages of mnemonics? (174)
What are potential use cases for mnemonics? (175)
What strategy should you apply to hard problems? (185-186)
How does re-creating results deepen understanding? (186)
Why do you need to work with concrete examples? (189)
How can you avoid fooling yourself into thinking you understand something? (190-191)
What are the three steps of the Feynman Technique? (192)
How can experimenting with learning resources help you make progress fast? (205)
How can experimentation help you find direction in your learning process?
How does experimenting with style work? (206)
What do you need to keep in mind when experimenting with style? (207)
How can practicing by copying others' work help? (208-209)
How can you compare learning methods and what are two advantages of doing this? (209-210)
How can constraints help you find new ways of doing things? (210)
How can combining unrelated skills lead to mastery? (211)
Why does it pay to explore skills to the extreme? (212)
Why is it crucial to develop an experimenter's mindset? (213)
What additional step should you take for long projects? (221)
What's the main consideration between cultivating a habit and doing an ultralearning project? (230)
What are reasons to choose formal education over ultralearning projects? (231)