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A feed of short, properly written cards across twenty subjects. Follow a thread as deep as you like. Then let Koltez quiz you on what you read days ago, once it has had time to fade.
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Follow one idea
as far as it goes.
See something that catches you? Tap it. Koltez pulls up the ideas most closely connected to the one you are on, and you dive. Then dive again. A passing curiosity can turn into an hour you did not see coming.
Back out whenever you like and you are exactly where you left the feed. No dead ends, no algorithm feeding you outrage, just one thread of your own choosing.
Wi-Fi does not stand for anything
Many assume Wi-Fi means "wireless fidelity", but that is a backfilled guess. A branding firm invented the name simply because it sounded good and echoed "hi-fi". It is essentially a made-up brand with no real meaning.
✦ DID YOU KNOW
The underlying standard has a far less memorable technical name full of numbers and letters.
Or go deep,
on purpose.
When you want structure instead of serendipity, Learn lays out nine subjects, from mathematics and science to philosophy and history, as proper courses. Pick a subject, pick how far you want to go, and Koltez builds a study plan.
A few cards a day, spaced out so it sticks, from a quick Foundations run to full Mastery.
Foundations
Deep Dive
Mastery
The big ideas,
without the doorstop.
Some cards are whole books, distilled. The argument of The Wealth of Nations or A Brief History of Time, honestly summarised in a couple of minutes, so you get the shape of a great work even when you will never find time for all four hundred pages.
The fastest way to know which ones are worth your evening, and to hold your own in the conversation about the rest.
The Wealth of Nations, the invisible hand
by Adam Smith
Smith's 1776 work argued that individuals pursuing their own interest, guided as if by an 'invisible hand', can unintentionally benefit society through markets and the division of labour. More nuanced than its reputation, it also warns about monopoly.
✦ DID YOU KNOW
Smith illustrated specialisation with a pin factory, where dividing the work multiplied output enormously.