📖 Today’s lesson
Lesson 10: Re-reading feels like learning. Recall is learning.
Active recall and spaced repetition beat re-reading by a wide margin in the memory research. The barrier has always been the sheer labour of making the cards.
Why this matters: Making cards is the boring part that stops people from using the technique that works. Removing that friction is one of the highest-leverage things these tools do for a student — and unlike an essay, nobody is grading your flashcards.