There's a big tension in the mnemonic medium around the locus of control b/w the author and reader.
Too author-centric: prompts can feel forced, not "yours"
Too reader-centric: burdensome, split attention, often yields bad prompts
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My vague sense is that a change in primitives is probably required, but I'm not sure if it's the nouns, the verbs, or both.
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I love this “Imagine that as you read, some phrases are highlighted in a special way indicating that the author has provided prompts representing that idea.” as it allows easy reversibility to the skip/remove. Therefore it’s lightweight to “pickup more than you think you need”
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The tricky bit here of course is that in the setting of an introductory explainer, where you really do want to remember most details, the extra interaction would be quite disruptive.
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I really like the idea of a “click this highlight and remember forever”. I’ve thought an extension which is part highlighter/marginalia combined with a fluid interface for creating prompts would be nice. I hadn’t considered coming at it from the authors side!