Source 1 : 3 Steps to Memorize Everything. FAST. | Henry Hildebrandt | TEDxUniMannheim so start with two minutes of open recall. try to test yourself. let your brain search for meaning. then go over to 3 minutes finding all possible connections to already existing knowledge. try to stick it to deep emotions. and then finally use the five remaining minutes to draw yes, to draw and I give you a short glimpse into my brain.10:41please don't feel overwhelmed because uh i'm not an artist. but build a map with a flow like this. so you change your perspective. you go from the linear structure that we all know to a real network. so guide the flow of the river. imagine you're standing in the open step 35,000 years ago.02:46the sun sinks towards the horizon. a light breeze brushes against your face. and then a noise in the tall grass. your heartbeat spikes. your muscle tense. every sense sharpens. the next minutes could decide your entire fate. so your brain must act.03:05and it does. in a split second, it takes a decision. if you survive this, it won't just be remembered. it will rewire your brain, strengthening pathways, updating old patterns, ensuring that the next time your response will be even faster.03:23this is what your brain evolved for, not to memorize textbooks, not to store endless knowledge. its true mission is to keep you alive, to manage energy wisely. because no matter how much changed over the past 35,000 years, one thing remains the same.03:47the way our brain learns, we are told that real success means accumulating as much information as possible..04:05But here's the problem.. academic learning, as we know, it goes against the very nature of our brain. we are taught in rigid linear structures, isolated facts,, neatly arranged topics stripped out of real world meaning. the assumption that memory is a storage system, that facts could be simply filed away, waiting to be retrieved..04:32And that assumption made sense at the time because when the modern education system was invented back in the industrial revolution,, there was only one clear goal to produce as many efficient workers as possible.. so learning outcomes had to be as standardized and as measurable as possible..04:55but knowledge cannot be simply installed like bricks in a wall. knowledge is not a product. it's a process. learning doesn't happen in a straight line. it's not a book. it's not a list. and it's not a formula. it's a living breathing river.05:13a vast system with countless branches. information doesn't just sit. it flows. it intertwins. it reshapes what was already there. some of it deepens the stream. some of it evaporates. some of it gets lost in the currents. and here's the secret.05:31instead of fighting against the currents of your own mind, you can learn to write them. three principles. recall, connect, transform. your brain enters an active state.06:26it poses an unsolved problem. it searchs for all possible helpful clues to solve it. this exact me mechanism is what we use to boost our learning efficiency by simply starting with open recall. so before you know anything about a topic, test yourself first.06:48this might sound counterintuitive, but research shows that we remember things better when we first struggle to recall them. so testing yourself is the first step. it tells your brain, "this will be important. keep searching." every new piece of information should be connected to a personal story or to a future outcome that directly affects you..08:17so, turn facts into feelings.. ask yourself, how could this information maybe even save a life? step three. recalling and connecting information helps you to keep it in your mind.08:37but to truly understand it, you must change its shape. our ancestors didn't just store knowledge. they adapted to it. their brains transformed raw experiences into survival instincts. so when they found a new strategy to hunt that actually worked, they didn't just remember it.09:02they built rituals around it. they told stories about it. and this is exactly what we must do with knowledge today. but how do we transform knowledge? force yourself to go from a linear structure as you know it from the books to a real network.09:18try to reshape it. reframe the information. build a connection. build a flow. this is how knowledge comes from being just an external part to becoming you. this is a cycle. the river never stops.