Active Recall

Anamnesis

Learning is remembering.

Plato used this word for the idea that knowledge is recollection. Here it names the quiet room next door to the Gym: the Gym trains your judgment on problems you have never seen, and Anamnesis trains your memory on the ideas you have already read, before they fade.

How It Works

1

Retrieve

Every card asks you to pull the idea out of memory first: rebuild a framework, apply it to a fresh situation, or settle a boundary case. The retrieval attempt is what strengthens the memory, so no peeking.

2

Reveal

Then the model answer arrives with its reasoning, and where two ideas blur, the one feature that settles cases like it. Written recall comes with a rubric to hold yourself against.

3

Score

Got it, shaky, or missed. Each card carries a strength that lives on this device, and the smart session always starts with whatever is weakest and stalest.

The Session
Your Ledger
New

Fragile

Forming

Steady

Strong

By domain
  • Practical Wisdom— of 6
  • Decision Frameworks— of 3
  • Business & Markets— of 3

Everything here is saved on this device and nowhere else. No accounts, no tracking. Clearing your browser data starts the ledger fresh.

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