I have always yearned to delve deeper into what ever information I had an opportunity to lay my hand upon. Besides my academic pre-occupations, I had a desire of sifting through various documents, books, articles, manuscripts and magazines for optimal retention. Generally, it was easier when the stuff appeared interesting but at times the shifting interests took the fun away. From poetry to engineering subjects there is a very large spectrum of topics. I used to enjoy the charms of H. G. Wells and the like, the thrills of reading Jim Corbett, turning pages through Sport books written by Bailey and others, meandering through Eric Shipton and other mountaineers etc. It was indeed fun to read Russell and James Jeans.
I noticed that it was state of mind and body conditions also that had influence in accepting the information available therein. I remember a good example; read the book 'Three men in a boat' written by Jerome K. Jerome. The anecdotes are many but the most I like is the one going into a library as a healthy man, but after reading through the pharmacopoeia he feels that he is a patient of thousand diseases!
How to remain composed, directed and receptive is one of the most important aspects in present-day information age (I prefer to call it Infage). Then, there is the problem of retrieval; it has to be correct, timely and sufficient, linking chain wherever needed. Here comes the memory conditioning. I have been thinking on the subject for almost half a century and it appears I have not yet started! Isn't it adventurous?
I noticed that it was state of mind and body conditions also that had influence in accepting the information available therein. I remember a good example; read the book 'Three men in a boat' written by Jerome K. Jerome. The anecdotes are many but the most I like is the one going into a library as a healthy man, but after reading through the pharmacopoeia he feels that he is a patient of thousand diseases!
How to remain composed, directed and receptive is one of the most important aspects in present-day information age (I prefer to call it Infage). Then, there is the problem of retrieval; it has to be correct, timely and sufficient, linking chain wherever needed. Here comes the memory conditioning. I have been thinking on the subject for almost half a century and it appears I have not yet started! Isn't it adventurous?
