TOPIC: Knowing what you'll need to know.

This week, Dan and Merlin answer a listener question about how the "slow your roll" thought technology can apply to learning new skills.

Links for this episode:

• Political Gabfest SF
  
• Tickets | Slate Magazine's Political Gabfest | City Box Office
  
• Political Gabfest
  
• John Dickerson - How to Process a Hotel Room
  
• John Dickerson, Journalist & Handsomeman | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
  
• Are People Really More Busy? The Rise of Shadow Work | The Art of Manliness
  
• United States Guide: The American school system, Grades, school hours and terms: Most children start school
  Children usually start in kindergarten or grade one at the age of five or six and go up one grade each year until reaching grade 12 at the age of 17. Occasionally a student must repeat a grade because of prolonged absence or low marks, although this is rare. The 12 years following the kindergarten year are usually organised under what is known as the ‘6-3-3 plan’ where grades 1 to 6 are in elementary (primary) school, grades 7 to 9 in junior high or middle school and grades 10 to 12 in a (senior) high school.

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