Sources Overview

Collection and sharing of materials on problem-solving, memory arts, reading, and speaking skills to develop meta-competencies, emphasizing interdisciplinary insights and practical applications.

July 15, 2024

Version 2.0 of the Learning Platform for Meta-Competencies

The transition to Version 2.0 focuses on a narrower target group of adults in further education, studies, or professional life, with content centered on problem-solving techniques and other methods, like those by Sell and Schimweg.

June 27, 2024

Decoding Communication: Clarity and Authenticity

Illustration of the two principles of good communication, understandability and authenticity, using the example of the general store owner Egon Manke and the former boxer Mike Tyson.

May 10, 2024

Rediscovering Reading: My Transformation from Passive Reader to Active Interpreter

This post traces my personal reading development: from the aimless period after high school, through my first encounters with world literature, to the pivotal realization of my limited reading abilities during my philosophy studies.

May 3, 2024

Memorizing 52 Playing Cards: My First Attempt

In this post, I demonstrate my first attempt to memorize the exact order of 52 playing cards by using substitute images and a specially developed route through my room. I explain how I assign an image to each card symbol and link these images with points along the route to enhance memory retention.

April 26, 2024

How have I become the person I am today?

In this post, we explore the issues of knowledge explosion and the fragmentation of sciences, and demonstrate how General Systems Theory, through the synthesis of various scientific disciplines, can enhance our understanding of ourselves and our world.

April 19, 2024

Stock Market vs. PC: P-O-C-A-I

In this post, I explain how to understand complex systems based on my first contact with the stock market, analyze important concepts such as polytely and opacity, and present strategies for tackling complex challenges, supported by the mnemonic acronym P-I-K-E-V.

April 12, 2024

Number-Symbol Route

I explain how to precisely internalize 100 symbols using the mnemonic technique of the number-symbol route, discuss general principles that are also useful in other memory techniques, and discuss the targeted use of AI, particularly ChatGPT.

April 5, 2024

Mysterious Equation: 22 + 4 = 2

The first lesson in heuristics, which starts with the puzzle 22+4=2, guides you through three methods for solving quantifiable problems, with the invariance principle being the most useful for this puzzle, and introduces 19 additional heuristics in subsequent videos, ultimately providing you with 22 techniques.

March 23, 2024