Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2021-05-08
Steve Levitt & Nelson Dellis: books mentioned on People I (Mostly) Admire #26
Memory Champion Nelson Dellis Helps Steve Train His Brain | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 26
Steve Levitt recommended Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer, and discussed Remember it! by Nelson Dellis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Moonwalking with Einstein
Recommended“so I knew a little bit about memory palaces from Josh Force book moonwalking with Einstein which is an amazing book and I tried to apply that to language”
Where to get it
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Remember it!
Discussed“so I had been kind of discouraged from The Memory Palace but in preparation for this interview I was reading your book remember it and I said okay even though I failed on language I'm going to try it again”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Memory Superpowers!
“I want to learn how to remember things better and I feel incredibly lucky to have the chance to sit down with four-time USA memory Tournament champion Nelson Dallas who's authored the book's memory superpowers and remember it”
Passing Remember it!
“I want to learn how to remember things better and I feel incredibly lucky to have the chance to sit down with four-time USA memory Tournament champion Nelson Dallas who's authored the book's memory superpowers and remember it”
Passing Memory Superpowers!
“I want to learn how to remember things better, and I feel incredibly lucky to have the chance to sit down with four-time USA Memory Tournament champion Nelson Dellis, who has authored the books Memory Superpowers and Remember It.”