Books on metacognition

I want to use my mind more effectively. The first step to doing that is to know how I'm using it currently. Does anyone have any book recommendations on metacognition? Thinking about thinking. Thinking about the processes that are involved in thinking. Thinking about ways to improve those processes. etc.

This is just a personal recommendation , but I've gotten a lot of my kaf together through the use of a second brain. https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/KnowledgeManagementSystems

take walks. think while walking. never trust the thoughts you have inside.

>>7827 Pretty much sums up my experience. Just think. No fancy tricks. You'll be surprised how far you can go if you just put in the effort. As anon said, walks work great for this (without music ofc.). Personally I always just wander in the woods where nobody can disturb me but you'll have to find your own preferred places. Something else that you can do is thinking before going to sleep. You'll fall asleep to these thoughts and the next day you'll have a much clearer head, one example being whatever programming project you're working on, specifically large decisions that don't depend on, say, a stack variable in a static function.

>>7821 >That list >No mention of Google Keep Damn. I hope it's because it's Google and not because Keep is actually an inferior option.

>>7820 Also, OP, this sounds like a good reason for you to start Journalling.

>>7829 Edit the wiki, lain. Edit the wiki.

Meditate but don't follow guides. Meditate with a goal, make up your own methods, and stick with it and take note of the experiences you have and how they evolve. This first should be done for the goal of understanding your own cognition and subconscious programming, then you can move on to changing up your programming and experience. Eat well, sleep well, keep your things in order, and foster good relationships. This will maximize your neuroplasticity and what you get out of any direct work on this. Incorporate exercises that you can do passively/semi-passively. Such as being more critical of your thoughts and redirecting those that you do not wish to partake in. Try to take in as many details of the world as possible and generally modulating attention. Do the "am I dreaming" lucid dreaming technique then once you got lucid dreams going expand it to things like "what am I physically noticing?" or "why am I feeling this way". Pay attention to memorization and where yours excels and fails. See how many things in your environment you can maintain awareness of, premeditated and spontaneously. As for reading material, look up the mind palace technique. Also the The Mind Configurator is a (very) short but sweet instruction booklet on how to consciously communicate with your psyche, and the technique itself can be modified for a plethora of goals.

I made a resolution on New Years 2020 to keep a personal diary for that same purpose. I find the Internet, movies, even books are a distraction from that. I recommend solo-camping with nothing but a journal to write in. You'll have time to focus on your thoughts there. Try keeping your journal up while distractions are available as well, to build discipline. After some time has passed, read your journal and analyse it as if it were someone else. Look for patterns of thought, times you were happy, times you weren't. In general, using your mind effectively means saying no to yourself a lot. Bored? Don't type "tw" into your omnibox to open Twitter again. Keep a list of goals, and if you're bored, go to that. Keep a big sign in your room with that list. Maybe next time you're bored, open Duolingo instead of Youtube. Or you'll grab the book that you keep on TOP of your laptop. Build better habits. Your brain has the infrastructure to focus, you just want to aim that focus on your actual goals instead of whatever whims your id spits up.

>>7829 No, it's because not all "notes" applications are "knowledge management systems". A KMS isn't just a place to stick information. All the ones on that list are purpose-built not as simple repositories, but as robust managers of interlinked/cross-referenced knowledge. Each brings a different set of powerful features aimed at building a large body of reference material and the notes derived from them, using a system that makes it easy to find and facilitates integration of future information into the web of knowledge. Some also focus on the synthesis of new ideas by making explicit the connections and commonalities between disparate notes that you might not have thought to combine. To get a fuller idea of what the goal is and why things like Google Keep or Evernote don't quite fit the bill, I would start by reading about what the Zettelkasten, Roam Research, Obsidian, and personal knowledge management are and what people use them for.

>>7834 >Meditate There is archive of old meditation mega thread that can give some new ideas: https://archive.is/lQE5j

>>7821 What do these programs do exactly? From what I'm looking at they are organizing text files, which you can already do using folders.

>>7847 >>7821 appreciate these <3 the rest of y'all need to stop giving life advice and start recommending books/resources. lmao

>>7820 The Journey to Nibbana Programming the Human Bio-Computer Angel Tech: A Modern Shaman's Guide to Reality Selection But do you know how people say "X isn't a spectator sport?" metacognition is like that, you can't read exercises you DO them. Good luck

>>7820 Idk if it is metacognition but the brain that changes itself is good for neuroplasticity.

Swami Vivekananda - Raja-Yoga or Conquering the Internal Nature libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=4DE0EEF64BB715FD215E59583CBB65CF

>>7855 Just type "Programming and Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer" into your favourite search engine. Also available on Anna's Archive. It's very good. Lilly influenced the makers of Serial Experiments Lain, as did the 8 circuit model of consciousness created by his friends Tim Leary and Bob Wilson and expounded further by another agent of ECCO, Antero Alli, in Angel Tech.

who wants to metathink with me

>>11450 a short summary of this book? have you read it? I don't want to get invested in it if it's some basic self-help stuff...

* Just read it (going to re-read) ** bridges two paradigms: - Logical thinking (deduction, induction, and abduction; linear, rule-based, static) - Dialectical thinking (holistic, dynamic, relational, and transformative) Four Modes of Dialectical Thinking (SPiRiT Framework) Each dialectical mode includes three escalating levels of thought patterns, progressing from basic recognition to integrated systems-level reasoning. Structural Thinking (S) S1: Differentiating parts within a whole S2: Elaborating structure/hierarchy S3: Integrating parts into a systemic whole Process Thinking (P) P1: Recognizing change over time P2: Understanding development/interactions P3: Modeling transformation as systemic process Relational Thinking (R) R1: Identifying relationships R2: Clarifying interdependencies R3: Embedding elements into systemic relational context Transformational Thinking (T) T1: Recognizing tensions or instability T2: Elaborating opposing forces and dynamics T3: Synthesizing a new systemic resolution This SPiRiT model yields 12 thought patterns (listed in full on p. 51) that serve as the scaffolding for metathinking.

>>11454 Its a guide on the practice of thinking about thinking. I feel this comes naturally, at least to me, and I don't think this book would actually benefit anyone significantly. If anything, I found that thinking about thinking leads me down harmful thought processes and irrational perspectives. Though I did not read this full book, and you are free to read it and possibly prove me wrong.

>>7820 >metacognition psychobabble is what you are looking for

>>11564 Well, no.. foundationally, metacognition isn't psychobabble. Yes, psychology IS bullshit and foundationally stunted due to it having zero basis thanks to Freud -- But abstraction and thinking about thinking isn't particularly difficult to grasp. You're letting dogma get in the way of truth. Also, I have those collection pdfs - Great resources, *whoever* made them was a smart guy Present Day, Present Time! AHAHAHAHAHA!

>>7820 all you need is general semantics and mindfullness

>>11450 Thanks for that, Lain.

I thought about thinking once but decided against it~

>>7820 - books by Scott H. Young and Make it Stick for how to structure learning - Books on mindfulness for greater mental clarity and a different way to see life (Inner Game books, Pema Chodron, Charlotte Joko Beck, Kosho Uchiyama, Altered Traits for a scientific view on the benefits of meditation) - Books by Carl Newport for focus - Books by Oliver Burkeman (specially 4 thousand weeks) for acquiring a more realistic view on work (the "Further Reading" section of Meditations for Mortals is great too). - I heard good things about the stuff by Brad Stulberg, though I never read it.

>>11565 thinking about your own thinking is a real thing, and to that extent metacognition can have meaning and maybe usefulness to individuals. The study of "metacognition" however is muddied by nebulous and inconsistent definitions, no (inter)reliable tests to measure it, and rarely are other constructs such as IQ and conscientiousness separated from it. The nebulousness has been used to manufacture extraordinary conclusions, which do not survive under appropriate scrutiny. That's how you get headlines like "neuroscientists say metacognition is the highest form of intelligence", etc. which is genuine psychobabble, meant to please some audiences, often those most adversarial to the use of IQ as a metric.

Not exactly about self help book about thinking but Book of the New Sun definitely felt like I was reading something that changed the way I thought about literature. I know it’s kind of a meme but it’s actually a very good series to read.