[See Kasanoff’s recent note/share … starting with a story about the ski trip with his boss where his boss almost died. It drew me in. That’s his point in the post. It probably makes sense to start similarly with great pcmf mini-story right here.
Eg. When you first learned to ride a bicycle, you were not given a manual on the theory of how to balance a two-wheeled vehicle. You had watched other kids riding their bikes, and you tried to imitate what they were doing. You watched them, and you tried to do the same. There is a reason you did this. It is the most powerful form of learning we have. Neuroscience has now proven it, and that science is at the heart of this site: when you read a good biography and learn it well, that person becomes a kind of virtual mentor for you. Science even shown why this is true. When we study a good biography, our minds engage in what’s called mental simulation. We image the events of that person’s life almost as vividly as if we were there. The science shows this creates a memory and model in our minds that’s virtually the same thing as being there.]
[This is the page that describes the Why behind the whole site and book … why study all these bios.]
