Thinker’s Playground

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.

Duelling crickets, Copernicus, and self actualisation

Successful people aren’t born that way, they learn it

In the early 1960s, an interesting series of experiments showed how dominance hierarchies develop among common field…

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

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.

Memory, association, and the link system

A menomic device for memorising lists

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

Hazard and risk

Hazard and risk are not the same thing, and it helps to understand the difference.

A hazard is something that can cause harm. Risk, is the probability of you being exposed to that harm.

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.