The Effective Altruism Handbook You Can Remember (Alpha) #

This handbook is augmented with a set of flashcards to make deep internalization and retention effortless. The flashcards can be accessed centrally on Orbit after you’ve interacted with them in this text.

We forget most of what we read. Memory systems make memory into a choice, rather than an event left up to chance . However, what if we could embed the benefits of retreival practice — better retention and internalization — right into our mediums of thought?

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See also: How can we develop transformative tools for thought? , Quantum Country , Augmenting Long-term Memory , Why books don’t work