You scrolled for two hours last night.

You remember none of it.

It's not your fault.

Your brain changed. Your reading didn’t.

The scroll that
makes you smarter.

The same swipe your thumb already knows — except every story plants a real idea from a great book. No effort. No guilt. No commitment.

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I built this because I couldn't bring myself to read books.

And I was tired of feeling guilty about it.

I used to love reading. But somewhere along the way, my brain changed. I'd buy a book, read 20 pages, then never pick it up again. The intention was there. The follow-through wasn't.

I tried everything. Audiobooks — I'd zone out after 5 minutes. Summaries — they felt like reading someone else's cliff notes. Online courses — I'd sign up, watch one video, and forget they existed.

Then I realized: the problem wasn't discipline. It was format. My brain had been reshaped by years of short-form content. I wasn't broken. The delivery method was.

So I built something that works the way my brain actually works. Short. Visual. One idea at a time. Something you can finish before your coffee gets cold.

That's Mindpop.

Everything you've tried.

And why it didn't stick.

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A bat and ball together cost $1.10.

The bat costs $1 more than the ball.

How much does the ball cost?

Most people have an answer almost immediately.

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The problem with AI summaries

Can you spot what's wrong?

We asked AI to write about a concept from Thinking, Fast and Slow. Every version sounded perfect. Every version had errors.

AI from memory

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In a famous study, Daniel Simons asked participants to count how many times a basketball team passed the ball. Halfway through, a man in a gorilla costume walked across the screen. Over 60% of viewers missed it completely.

3 errors found

  • Daniel Simons → Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
  • a man → a woman
  • Over 60% → About 50%

Mindpop from the book

Verified against source text

Psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons asked people to count basketball passes. Halfway through, a woman in a gorilla suit walked across the screen, thumped her chest, and stayed visible for 9 seconds. About 50% of viewers never saw her.

3 factual errors in 2 sentences. One missing researcher, wrong gender, inflated statistic. All from AI memory — none from the book.

Every Mindpop article is built from the actual book text. Not from what the AI remembers about it.

Same screen. Different outcome.

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Early readers

“This feels like scrolling Twitter, but my brain gets smarter.”

Alex K. · Startup Founder

“No more guilt about unfinished books. I’m absorbing more ideas than ever.”

James L. · Designer

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