Understanding my bioenergetic self

Understanding my bioenergetic self

A reading list for understanding the bioenergetic ideas of Dr. Raymond Peat and others

Why I won’t teach my kids about Santa Clause

My parents never taught me about Santa Claus. I heard about him from friends, and in Christmas films etc., but the idea was never really pushed at home — at all.

How to learn a new language, quickly

Simple mnemonic devices to help you learn language quickly and easily

This was a post I wrote here on Thinker’s Playground a few years ago, before I relaunched the site.

How to memorise a shuffled deck of cards in order

A simple mnemonic device for reading cards

This was a post I wrote here on Thinker’s Playground a few years ago, before I relaunched the site.

Beware of descriptive words

Words that describe something, adjectives and adverbs, are often used to deliberately distort information and…

People are not random events

There’s no such thing as randomness. Random is an abstract concept that we use when the cause of an event is either unknown, or so complex as to be practically unpredictable. So we use the concept of randomness as a placeholder to allow us to work around these uncertainties.

What is Kaizen?

The philosophy of continuous, incremental progress

It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. 
 — Chinese Proverb

How to develop a super-power memory

Simple mnemonic devices to remember virtually anything

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

 — J.M. Barrie

The jester sang for the king and queen…

In medieval times, the court jester played an important role in society. While others were forced to observe a strict etiquette of politeness and deference to royalty and nobility, the jester was the one person in society who was free to speak his mind…