Brain extenders are anything that get information out of our heads and into the physical world: calendars, key hooks by the front… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I like a world where each of us has the tools to be able to make able to make our own decisions. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Ten thousand hours is equivalent to roughly three hours a day, or 20 hours a week, of practice over 10 years... No… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us from forgetting or losing things, is to… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I believe in an informed electorate, and we need to teach our children to become informed enough to have opinions on world… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I don't think we should have less information in the world. The information age has yielded great advances in medicine, agriculture, transportation… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
We really are living in an age of information overload. Google estimates that there are 300 exabytes (300 followed by 18 zeros)… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The left brain is responsible for making order out of chaos, for making sense of things in the world that don't always… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Approximating involves making a series of educated guesses systematically by partitioning the problem into manageable chunks, identifying assumptions, and then using your… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
I became interested in structure when I was in graduate school. How is it that the brain perceives structure in a sometimes… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
In order to be a world-class expert in anything, be it audiology, drama, music, art, gymnastics, whatever, one needs to have a… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
In a country that was still racially segregated and prejudiced, music was among the first domains in which African-Americans thrived alongside whites. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep almost every… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
Because you've been exposed to Western tonal music, you know after a certain chord sequence what the next possibilities are. Your brain has compiled… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but they'll be… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
I have never seen a proton or electron spinning around it. I have never actually seen a chromosome. I trust that they exist because… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
If you're studying from a book and trying to listen in on a conversation at the same time, those are two separate projects, each… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
President Trump, when challenged on facts, says that many people feel the way he does. But feelings should not take the place of reason… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
Our species uses music and dance to express various feelings: love, joy, comfort, ceremony, knowledge, and friendship. And each one is distinct and widely… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
The first forms of writing emerged not for art, literature, or love, not for spiritual or liturgical purposes, but for business--all literature could be… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
When you're at work, be fully at work. And let your leisure time be what it's meant to be - restorative and fun. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth. — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
When it comes to snowing people, one effective technique is to get a whole bunch of verifiable facts right and then add one or… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
The human brain long ago evolved a mechanism for rewarding us when we encountered new information: a little shot of dopamine in the brain… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share
