An excellent non-fiction read! A great story intertwined with history, theory, science, and philosophy.

I had learned the major system in my youth after reading Furst's work and used it to memorize multiple decks of cards as well as the first 5,000 digits of pi. Now that I know the POA system exists, perhaps I'll have to improve upon the compression in it and dip my toe back in to the world of memory improvement?

I'm terrifically shocked to realize that in 1990, I was practiced enough that I could have rivaled the US memory champ of 2006! Sadly I haven't practiced in years, so I'd have some significant ground to make up to get back there. Hmmm....