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We were barely functioning adults when we were in our early 20s, but Ed Cooke is different. When he was 23, he was crowned Grand Master of Memory, which means he’s able to memorize the order of 10 decks of cards and 1,000 random digits in under an hour, among other feats.
He outlined these techniques in detail in his first book and later, not content with all his achievements, Cooke started Memrise. The language-learning app boasts a fun, gamified, easy-to-grasp system based on the memory techniques he has perfected. So, given that sometimes we walk into rooms having forgotten completely why we did so, we asked him for his five most important tips to help us—and more importantly, you—learn anything.