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Swap the scroll for something worth knowing. Learn the big ideas a good university would teach you, from philosophy to physics, explained one at a time in plain English. An Idea takes about ten minutes. A Book review gives you a whole book. A short quiz at the end shows you what stayed with you.
18 Ideas · 21 Books · 7 Essays · 159 quiz questions
Idea of the day
For four hundred years a dark night sky was one of the hardest puzzles in astronomy. You learn why that darkness is a real surprise, which simple fact about time explains it, and why the most common explanations fail. You also pick up a habit for testing claims: ask what you should already see if they were true.
Physics & Chemistry6 min read · 3 questions
Book of the day
Should you follow the rules, be nice, never quit and believe in yourself? Eric Barker checks six pieces of common success advice against research. You learn which pieces hold up, which fail, what the book's own evidence can and cannot show, and who should read it.
Learning & Living9 min read · 5 questions
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