In the past few years, there's been a rise in linked based note taking apps. They allow you to take notes individually and connect them together as if they were Wikipedia pages. These remind me of concept mapping - everybody just thought concept maps are the be all and end all. So, I think it's a bit like, like when you're being creative, you are linking things in a very difficult way. And what people like Bill Gates likes to do is get a lot of information together at one time in his mind.
Dr. Oakley has a diverse background in linguistics going into military service after high school before coming back to get her Ph.D. in engineering. At a young age she believed she wasn't capable of learning math but through applying active studying techniques and learning how to learn overcame her ambivalences. Using her story and knowledge she teaches the popular course, Learning How To Learn and has written many books on learning including A Mind For Numbers, Mindshift, and Learn Like A Pro.
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