Expedentia Is More Than Liner

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The book is an interactive reading experience where as you're reading, you get these little prompts. And then we come back the next day to jog your memory on the stuff yu're having trouble with and so on. What's interesting about it is that the practice actually spaces out over time. So initially be every day, then every three days, then maybe every week, and every month and soon. The first chapter takes about four hours to read, and it contains a hundred and 12 details that we track your your memory of.

Software Engineer Andy Matuschak talks about his essay "Why Books Don't Work" with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Matuschak argues that most books rely on transmissionism, the idea that an author can share an idea in print and the reader will absorb it. And yet after reading a non-fiction book, most readers will struggle to remember any of the ideas in the book. Matuschak argues for a different approach to transmitting ideas via the web including different ways that authors or teachers can test for understanding that will increase the chances of retention and mastery of complex ideas.