Blog > Hacking Languages with Tim Ferriss
One of the best parts about my last trip to San Francisco for the SuperNova conference was the dinner I had with Jason Defillippo and Tim Ferriss. Tim is one of the smartest people I've met (and Jason is no slouch either!), so the dinner conversation moved rapidly and bounced from topic to topic like a ping pong game on speed. I've been a rabid Tim fan since, and an avid reader of his blog, so it was a pleasure to read yesterday's post on language hacking. I love
the idea that we can rewire our own brains through concious effort, and Tim shows you a couple of pretty quick steps which allow you to deconstruct a language to pure form, as well as some example sentences which can show you all the hidden tricks and whether it's worth trying to learn it. I would never have thought that:
the idea that we can rewire our own brains through concious effort, and Tim shows you a couple of pretty quick steps which allow you to deconstruct a language to pure form, as well as some example sentences which can show you all the hidden tricks and whether it's worth trying to learn it. I would never have thought that:
The apple is red.is all you need to know!
It is John’s apple.
I give John the apple.
We give him the apple.
He gives it to John.
She gives it to him.
Posted by Jay Goldman on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 01:00 PM in Taking Care of Business with tags timferriss, jpdefillippo, language, hacking, brain • Permalink • 1 comment
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