How to Read Better
  • How to Read
  • The End(s) of Reading
    • Reading Failure Modes
  • We've Got Reading All Wrong: Relearning How to Read
    • How Most People Read
    • Reading Is a Useless Word: The Many Kinds of Reading
    • On Non-Linear Reading
      • Reading As Iteration
      • Non-Linear Reading: Case Studies
    • Speed Reading is Dead
      • 80/20 Scan
    • Books as Networks
      • Networking / Associative Reading
      • Conversation vs Indoctrination
  • Reading Deeply: Going From Passive to Active
    • The Death & Rebirth of Highlighting
    • Feynman Method
    • Brain Dump: Active Reading Techniques
    • Brain Dump #2
  • Remembering What You Read: Beyond the Book
    • Forgetting Curves & Spaced Repetition
  • Choosing Reading Material
  • Applying What You Read
  • Reading More
    • Positive Feedback & The Boredom Filter
      • Establish the Process First
    • What Is Possible?
    • Finding Time to Read
    • Create Positive Affordances
  • On Implementation
  • Resources
  • Untitled
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Forgetting Curves & Spaced Repetition

Why "just reading" is not enough

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Last updated 6 years ago

Whenever you exert effort to remember something, it stays with you longer.

Useful spaced repetition resources:

  • Readwise - sends you random Kindle highlights for review

  • Anki - the most popular (?) spaced repetition app