Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.
Joshua FoerThe best memorizers in the world - who almost all hail from Europe - can memorize a pack of cards in less than a minute. A few have begun to approach the 30-second mark, considered the 'four-minute mile of memory.'
Joshua FoerThe fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.
Joshua FoerKissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who's who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face.
Joshua Foer