Every day we save information. This includes bookmarks, PDFs, meeting notes, and voice memos. However, most of it is rarely used. As a result, reviewing it often feels useless. In other words, capturing knowledge is not the same as building knowledge. The Real Problem: Information Without Structure Modern tools make saving information easy. Examples include…
Why everything you’ve been taught about studying builds knowledge wrong — and what the science says. There’s a version of this article that opens with a forgetting curve. Or a round number like “humans forget 70% of new knowledge within 24 hours.” You’ve seen that article. Chances are, you’ve forgotten it. This isn’t that. Instead,…