Although learning patterns vary from person to person, no one will ever learn anything by themselves. Even if you’re studying alone in your room at midnight, you’re still reading or listening to something that was previously learned, and then curated by someone else for teaching purposes.

collective learning is how humans got smarter across generations.

That’s how you know someone has learned something: when they can explain it simply.

“The deepest ‘aha's’ spring from an encounter and then a return”.

“Every day, it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day. That’s the hard part.”

Read articles, and as you read them, highlight important passages and take notes. Revisit those notes whenever you feel it’s necessary. Little by little, you’ll be feeding your brain with brand new ideas that will be useful throughout your life.

Learning Means “Borrowing” Ideas From Different Sources, and Making Connections With Your Own

Glasp is a Web Highlighter with a deeper purpose: allowing users to leave a digital legacy by making the insights they’ve collected available to others. 

The most exciting part is: your highlights and notes could also become fodder for someone else’s learning process. With Glasp, we’re all borrowing one another’s notes to be increasingly productive, organized, and above all, smart.

Learning is About Finding Comfort in Discomfort

The more purposefully you live, the more you’ll learn.

Most importantly, leave a legacy. You have no idea how many people could get smarter because of you.