Andy Matuschak on Twitter: "Ever since encoding a bunch of notes from Enlightenment Now, my review sessions are a sprinkling of hope, e.g. "In the last two centuries, global extreme poverty rate has tanked from ___% to ___%, with almost half occurring in the last __

Really recommend this thread. Using spaced repetition to help encode knowledge rather than facts (all I thought it was good for) has profoundly changed the way I learn; grateful to Michael for the intro. This quote is one huge consequence: the feeling of lazy certitude is wild!

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· Jan 28, 2018

The single biggest change is that memory is no longer a haphazard event, to be left to chance. Rather, I can guarantee I will remember something, with minimal effort: it makes memory a _choice_.

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Andy Matuschak

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Mar 12, 2018

I've gotten a bunch of questions about how I "encode knowledge" in flashcards. I think about it in terms of Bloom's taxonomy[1]. Here's the taxonomy juxtaposed with recent cards: [1] cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pag

Andy Matuschak

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Ever since encoding a bunch of notes from Enlightenment Now, my review sessions are a sprinkling of hope, e.g. "In the last two centuries, global extreme poverty rate has tanked from ___% to ___%, with almost half occurring in the last ___ years." (90%, 10%, 35 years)

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