As self-proclaimed bibliomaniacs, we were pained by how hard it was to revisit and organize our highlights. It would often feel like we'd read a book, have phenomenal new insights, and start to build some mental models, only to forget them a couple months later.
Readwise is a simple way to get lightweight spaced-repetition of the best ideas from the books you've read. Kindle was the largest and most accessible ecosystem, so we started with it. Curious if HN has any other methods of importing passages that could be useful to you!
Zoomed out, our goal is to dramatically improve the age-old practice of reading books for wisdom, both through faster[0] reading and better retention. We have quite a few ideas on how we're going to do this, but would love to know what you think.
[0] or slower, depending on the book/chapter