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These guys are doing some of the best work in understanding the internet/computers as an educational mechanism. I can't wait till tools like these are widely embedded in PDFs and websites.

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

· Oct 3, 2019

Tools for thought are a beautiful idea—inventions which can “change the thought patterns of an entire civilization.” But that’s a 30 year old quote. Why are they so hard to make? @michael_nielsen and I try to answer that question and suggest paths forward: numinous.productions/ttft

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

Oct 4, 2019

Thank you for those kind words, Eugene.

Eugene Vinitsky @RSS

@EugeneVinitsky

Oct 4, 2019

No, for real, thank you all so much for doing this. The two of you are literally why I use Anki. Relatedly, is the underlying code going to be made available? It'd be neat to try to convert a few textbook chapters.

Andy Matuschak

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@EugeneVinitsky

It’s very “prototype research system”, not something you’d want to use to build a platform. I’d suggest stealing the UI and starting from there!

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