Comment by reubens

As a long term user of Anki, I think the hype here is too much. Spaced repetition helps you learn facts, but that is such a limited representation of what learning something means. I get that the point of a mnemonic medium is to improve your memory, but the focus on memory in and of itself is reductive. Memorising things helps no one gain a better understanding. If anything, it’s just a way to avoid the mental effort of real comprehension (roughly analogous to a google search for a solution rather than solving a problem yourself).

Edit: I love Michael Nielsen’s work, but I don’t love his glorification of this tool.