according to a growing body of evidence, the decline in the rate of language learning around age 18 is not a feature of our biology. It’s a bug in our education. Polyglots prove that it’s possible to master new languages well into
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“Those who offer blanket condemnation are fools”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“it’s good to ask the questions long before you need the answers.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“What did you do when there was a guard watching for you? You became the guard.”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“You don’t have to wait until you’ve acquired an entire library of knowledge to start to communicate. Your mental library expands as you communicate. When I asked Sara Maria what it takes to begin, she said she no longer waits to talk until she has a basic level of proficiency. She starts talking on the first day, discomfort be damned. “I’m always trying to convince people to start speaking,” she tells me. “Just memorize a few sentences—a short monologue introducing yourself and explaining why you’re learning the language.”
― Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
― Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
“It was the eternal irony of the capable rhetorician: train to find holes in any philosophy”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
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