You buy more than you read
The pile grows and the reading does not.
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Read more books and keep what is in them.
A course on reading as a practice. It covers choosing what to read, reading with attention in a distracted life, and remembering enough of a book to use it months later.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to read more and actually keep what I read. Help me choose what to read, read with attention, and remember the ideas long enough to use them.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Learning & memory
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What do you want to read more of: non-fiction, fiction, or both?
- Is the problem finding time, staying with a book, or retaining anything?
- How many books did you finish last year?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You cannot stay with a page
Your attention leaves after a paragraph.
You finish and forget
A month later the book is a title.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Why we read less
Attention, choice and the phone.
Choosing
Reading what you actually want, and quitting books without guilt.
Time
Where reading fits, and how small sessions add up.
Attention
Conditions for sustained reading, and rebuilding the capacity.
Remembering
Notes, retrieval and talking about books, so they stay.
A reading life
Making it a practice rather than a resolution.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Read regularly
Fit reading into the life you have.
Read with attention
Stay with a book in a world designed to pull you away.
Remember what matters
Keep the ideas that were worth reading for.
Ideas this course corrects
Reading faster lets you read more
Reading more often does. Speed reading sacrifices the comprehension that was the point.
You should finish every book you start
Quitting a bad book is how you get to a good one. Finish what deserves it.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on reading as a practice. It covers choosing what to read, reading with attention in a distracted life, and remembering enough of a book to use it months later. It sits under Learning & memory in the Life & growth part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to read more and actually keep what I read. Help me choose what to read, read with attention, and remember the ideas long enough to use them.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.