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> Spaced repetition is, by far, the most effective cognitive hack I’ve used. I totally second that. Well, sleep and exercise do amazing things for you too, but

> Spaced repetition is, by far, the most effective cognitive hack I’ve used. I totally second that. Well, sleep and exercise do amazing things for you too, but if you need to memorize things, I don't know of a quicker method than spaced repetition. Check out Leitner system: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitner_system Flashcards Deluxe supports Leitner, I don't know about Anki? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orangeorapple.flashcards https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orangeorap... (I have no relation to that app, I just find it incredibly useful).

shen23 4y ago
Huge fan of SRS here. Anki never really gelled with me personally. I still use it but really prefer this app called StickyStudy. It’s mostly for learning Chinese / Japanese but there was a generic version which has sadly been abandoned by the dev. It has very straightforward SRS / leitner system and a bit more simplified ui. Not my app but just wanted to share and maybe inspire someone to make a successor ;-)
fnl 4y ago
Thanks for the pointer to the Leitner system (my last name coincides…) But why would you want to use that simplified Leitner system if Anki can track each card individually? Disclaimer: I don’t know if Anki supports a simplified system that applies spacing to a whole group of cards instead of each card individually, but why you would want that?
- alwayslikethis 4y ago
  You don't, and it is not desirable. The Leitner system was devised before powerful enough computers were widely available.
roxgib 4y ago
The Leitner system is designed with the assumption that you have lots of physical cards you need to organise without going insane, but you can do much better if you're using a program like Anki. Anki's algorithm is based on an older version of the SuperMemo algorithm, with some evolution since then. The consensus seems to be that while you can fine tune it a bit with the settings, the returns are diminishing at this point.

shen23 4y ago

Huge fan of SRS here. Anki never really gelled with me personally. I still use it but really prefer this app called StickyStudy. It’s mostly for learning Chinese / Japanese but there was a generic version which has sadly been abandoned by the dev. It has very straightforward SRS / leitner system and a bit more simplified ui. Not my app but just wanted to share and maybe inspire someone to make a successor ;-)

fnl 4y ago

Thanks for the pointer to the Leitner system (my last name coincides…) But why would you want to use that simplified Leitner system if Anki can track each card individually? Disclaimer: I don’t know if Anki supports a simplified system that applies spacing to a whole group of cards instead of each card individually, but why you would want that?

alwayslikethis 4y ago
You don't, and it is not desirable. The Leitner system was devised before powerful enough computers were widely available.

roxgib 4y ago

The Leitner system is designed with the assumption that you have lots of physical cards you need to organise without going insane, but you can do much better if you're using a program like Anki. Anki's algorithm is based on an older version of the SuperMemo algorithm, with some evolution since then. The consensus seems to be that while you can fine tune it a bit with the settings, the returns are diminishing at this point.