James Lewis on Nostr: Singing about something increases its perceived import. Our brains are lazy, so it ...
Singing about something increases its perceived import. Our brains are lazy, so it prioritizes data storage, and song puts things at higher priority. This is how oral tradition is kept so well in ancient times. That's right: education used to be largely singing!
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