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May 7, 2024

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The Thinkery

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Kiall Hildred

Can I Really Learn a Language in Just 7 Days?

Or is there something I’m missing about the YouTubers who say they do it?

Nov 11, 2022

A photo of the Eiffel tower from a distance, set against a dim grey overcast sky.

Nov 11, 2022

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Kiall Hildred

The Myth of The Polymath

Or, Why I can’t be as smart as Da Vinci: Specialisation and the consequences of collective knowledge

Nov 26, 2020

Stone pillars in Domaine National du Palais-Royal, Paris, France. A close set of the pillars are in shadow; a further, perpendicular set are in the sun. People and large chrome ball sculptures can be seen in the courtyard between the sets of pillars .The sky is partially cloudy, with dense, dark clouds, yet the sun is bright.

Nov 26, 2020

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Kiall Hildred

In Difence of Typos

How to write well without writing perfectly

May 3, 2020

A bright blue cloudless sky above graffitied shop-fronts in Melbourne, Australia

May 3, 2020

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The Thinkery

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Kiall Hildred

What’s The Point of University?

University, like life, is not a means to an end

Sep 30, 2018

The front of the main building of the University of Sydney

Sep 30, 2018

Kiall Hildred

Circus, Servant, Serving, Science, Stock, Psych and Writer: A Heavily-Edited Self-Centred Personal…

In case you wanted my life’s story

Mar 7, 2024

A photo of the author in a grey T-shirt, a small pizza in his left hand and pizza slicer in his right hand. He’s standing next to a small wooden-slatted table, and in front of a mesh-screen door and a tan brick wall with pipes running vertically and horizontally along it. He has an orange beard and short, light orange hair.

Mar 7, 2024

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Kiall Hildred

David Foster Wallace’s This Is Water — Thoughts on Words on A Dry and Lovely Morning

DFW’s “This Is Water” can change your life if you can learn to see the value of the totally obvious

Mar 5, 2024

An overhead view of a crowd of university (college) graduates seated in rows wearing their black gowns and black mortarboard hats, with bits of colour dotted throughout from hair and clothing.

Mar 5, 2024

Kiall Hildred

Kiall Hildred

I write about science, psychology, philosophy and life | Hire me for writing and research on Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~016131672e7cc85d9d

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