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Seeing the number of cards that are due in Anki feels opressive... like, "i have all these cards due and that means i'm not even meeting the 90% retention rate!!!" or something. That's totally the WRONG mental state to be in when you are trying to ''create new ideas, which is the whole point of having a [[spaced writing inbox]]''. Spaced inbox review should instead be going like "given that i have such and such limited amount of time to review, what are the BEST NOTES to be spending the review time on?"
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Seeing the number of cards that are due in Anki feels opressive... like, "i have all these cards due and that means i'm not even meeting the 90% retention rate!!!" or something. and who knows, maybe this kind of oppression is actually a good thing for knowledge retention. But it's totally the WRONG mental state to be in when you are trying to ''create new ideas, which is the whole point of having a [[spaced writing inbox]]''. Spaced inbox review should instead be going like "given that i have such and such limited amount of time to review, what are the BEST NOTES to be spending the review time on?"
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==See also==
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* [[Interaction reversal between knowledge-to-be-memorized and ideas-to-be-developed]]
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[[Category:Spaced repetition]]

Revision as of 08:50, 14 February 2023

Seeing the number of cards that are due in Anki feels opressive... like, "i have all these cards due and that means i'm not even meeting the 90% retention rate!!!" or something. and who knows, maybe this kind of oppression is actually a good thing for knowledge retention. But it's totally the WRONG mental state to be in when you are trying to create new ideas, which is the whole point of having a spaced writing inbox. Spaced inbox review should instead be going like "given that i have such and such limited amount of time to review, what are the BEST NOTES to be spending the review time on?"

See also

References


What links here