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Comment author: Elo 31 July 2015 04:52:46AM *  4 points [-]

I travelled to a different city for a period of a few days and realised I should actively avoid trying to gather geographical information (above a rough sense) to free up my brain space for more important things. Then I realised I should do that near home as well.

Two part question:-

  1. What do you outsource that is common and uncommon among people that you know?
  2. What should you be avoiding keeping in your brain that you currently are? (some examples might be birthdays, what day of the week it is, city-map-location, schedules/calendars, task lists, shopping lists)

And while we are at it: What automated systems have you set up?

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 04 August 2015 12:45:44PM 4 points [-]

I was under the impression that "brain space" was unlimited for all practical intents and purposes, and that having more stuff in your brain might actually even make extra learning easier - e.g. I've often heard it said that a person loses fluid intelligence when they age, but this is compensated by them having more knowledge that they can connect new things with. Do you know of studies to the contrary?

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