As the flashcards holy war rages on, I continue to be amazed at how far people will go to defend a bad idea — even after admitting that it's bad.
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- Today I'm going to briefly discuss ways to learn a language that are better than flashcards.
- In summary, Pimsleur Mandarin is interesting, helpful and it's challenging for a person whose language experience is mostly Indo-European.
- Figure out what you do and how you use language, and then just find ways to switch those activities into your target language.
- Productivity is a bunch of bullshit. We're not robots. We're not machines. You can't keep doing more and being more and expecting more, without eventually burning out.