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I only browse Subscribed. And since I’m not subscribed to any political/hateful shit I seldom see anything… not enough to bother me, even less so that I know I won’t click it. Not that I’m not interested into politics. I’m very much, but I also don’t call that constant drama/shitposting ‘politics’ and I certainly do not wish to waste my time reading that.

It’s merely a choice: what do you value most? not missing the rare ‘quality post’ in those shit content communities, or your own sanity? My choice is clear.

doesn’t matter if i take notes or not i still forget what is in the exam

Then, let me ask how do you take note while you’re studying? It’s a technique, it’s not a magical wand quite obviously, nor is it in an On/Off switch. If it doesn’t work there must be a reason why, I mean a reason other than ‘it just doesn’t work’ ;)

I’m sorry if all what follows sounds painfully obvious but since you’re kind of vague on your exact process/situation and I can’t guess how you’re working I think it’s worth mentioning.

I mean, for example there is not much use in verbatim copying what you ear or what you just read in a book because, well, you’re not an audio recorder or a camera, both of those tools would do the job way better than any of us can ever hope to do. So, since we’re smart, we should use them to record instead of our brain which we shoudl use to understand what has just been recorded.

In fact, using the brain as a recorder is a gigantic waste our (limited) energy and won’t help anyone learn or understand much. Instead, you need to, how do you say that in English? You need to rephrase or to reword the teacher’s or the author’s thoughts into your own words. That’s how you internalize (make it your own) whatever you’re studying.

When I was a student my rule was to write whatever the teacher was saying as stupidly as I could. I did not sweat writing frantically to copy whatever crap he was saying. I listened and summarized multiple of his sentences (teachers need (and often like) to repeat themselves) in a few words at most. I also devised my own shorthand to make it even quicker to write stuff down without getting tired. Back in my room, I would then read my notes and re-summarize them if not the same day, at the soonest opportunity so it was still fresh in my mind (this helps a lot). Internalizing that info make it so that as a student I could easily spend a lot of time partying or having fun (and I did) while still acing all my exams…without cheating, I mean.

Also, merely underlining passages in a book (even using many nice colors) is not of much use either. It’s purpose should be to let you quickly locate what you think are meaningful sections, that’s all. To understand/internalize the idea itself, the best way is still to summarize it into your own words. Be it a lecture or a book.

also happens when mom asks me if we have mustard in the fridge

I have no idea what’s in our fridge or more exactly what needs refill. And why would I bother? Lists are made for that.

My spouse and I keep a small scrap of paper (usually, the back of an envelope—yep, we’re that cheap ;)) for whatever is missing or soon will need resupply and the first of us the goes out to do some errands pick that list. Unsurprisingly, our fridge is always exactly like we want it without any effort from us to memorize anything. Mustard is getting low? Add it to list, problem solved. We all have limited brain power, don’t waste it on useless crap like memorizing the content of your fridge.

Once again, all of this may sound obvious but that is also the fundamentals of learning/understanding and even memorizing anything. If you’re willing to share more specific info on your issue maybe I, or anyone else more qualified, could give more specific suggestions?

What I’m pretty sure of is that more often than not that kind of difficulties is related to the process itself not to some inability.

Hope this helps.

Other Cons:

• Keep in mind a lot of people don’t read much, if at all which is sad. Meanwhile, you still need to hire people.
• We’re all motivated by money. Like you said you don’t work for free. Neither would I. A job is a job and for most people it means sacrificing very precious hours of their time (time they will never get back, no matter how well they get paid) in exchange for that money. It’s nothing but a contract which can be summarized as this: you give me money, I give you my expertise/willingness to sweat on my part of that contract. End of the contract. We’re not family, we’re not (yet) friends (and we never be), as an employer you have no say in what I do outside of work (no matter how it’s becoming the norm to think the opposite), and what I like to read is none your business as my employer. Obviously, we may both be willing to talk about it but that’s a personal choice. I just re-read P.K. Dick’s Ubik, have you read it?

The same kind of morons sorry I meant to write very articulated persons that downvote posts everywhere on Lemmy, for no reason? Expecting them to express any semblance of reason in words would be like asking an oyster to do some tap dancing?

You should share some context: how do you study, in what conditions (quiet room, all by yourself, in a busy place, watching TV or listening to music?)? What do you study (Minecraft cheat codes, astrophysics, XIX French literature)? Using what methodology? (ie do you take notes or not, how. Do you read, and how?)

FYI, I cannot memorize anything if I’m not writing it down… longhand.
And I can hardly understand anything I read/study if I’m not taking notes while I’m studying/reading it. Even when I read a novel or an article, I take notes ;)

We’re so few I quickly realized we all better be post from time to time for the communities I was interested in to feel more alive ;)

How can I effectively balance these privacy, security, and physical risks to ensure the long-term safety and integrity of the FAMILY’S PERSONAL MEMORIES?

Imho you can’t and you can. Let me explain:

You need to consider the value of your data for a stranger to steal. I mean, to break encryption one would first need to want to get your specific files and then have the time and money to do that. Unless you’re some kind of personality or a criminal of some sort it is unlikely they would be worth the effort.

But what if there is a back door or if encryption stops working tomorrow?

That’s a good question, even more so for us Europeans seeing our representatives pushing the idea of putting back doors in encrypted message apps… What will be their next target? Requiring every EU citizen to give some central bureau a copy of passwords and encryption keys even for offline storage and hard drives at home—because, you know, think of all the children! We would be allowed to scan every single file in the country so we can spot any pervert and punish them!

I store all my files encrypted (cloud and local as well) because I worry about unauthorized access (thieves, mostly edit: and data breaches obviously). But I also know here in my country, France, I’m required by the law to give a judge my password if they ask for it. That’s fine (a judge needs to ask for it, and then I would obey) and that does not render encryption useless for me… at least for now.

So,

• Encryption does work. That doesn’t put anyone above the law but it still is a great protection layer we should all be using.
• If one day politicians make it illegal to use encryption, or install backdoors, or if quantum computing happens, or AI take over our computers, or if aliens arrive from Planet Zyrklump with tech that make our encryption as useful as a pair of sneakers to an oyster… Well, that day, my personal data will stop being digital. It’s already one of the reasons I stopped reading ebooks. I want privacy when I read—something I instantly get when I read a printed book. Up until the day it becomes illegal to read in print, I will read in print ;)

Idolizing the past (and long gone) ‘grandeur’ of some European countries is not the best way to prepare for the future.

edit: as a disclaimer, I’m European from one of those once important countries.