[jagaerglad]

I have used anki for 4-5 years now, ~50% of days. I have a tiny worry that there is a "google effect"¹ of sorts associated with Anki. Before, in high school, I used to just read the chapter in the course book and then do well enough on the exam. In university, I also do well enough on the exams, however, I feel like I'm not learning the material/the bigger picture as well. For one, reading the book chapters takes so much more time when you're adding cards in between, watching a lecture video takes about twice the time of the video length. It's easy that the task becomes "creating cards" instead of "learning". I might be doing it wrong, adding too many cards, not reading the chapter and then summarizing it by adding cards. Still, the thought has struck me a couple of times, if I was braver I would stop using Anki and just do a lot of the practical stuff the knowledge would be useful for and let my brain do the filtering

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_effect