The Superlearner Myth - The Organic, Long-Term Approach to Effective Learning

Superlearner is the same as superforgetter. Research in cognitive psychology, which goes back more than one hundred years, has shown that effective learning is hard and requires time and effort. You can feel like a superlearner by consuming tons of information in record time, but, in that case, you compromise the long-term results of your efforts.

Your memory is not a hard disk to download books in a matter of seconds. Effective learning means you spend enough time to encode and give meanin...