Learning Guide · The Dialogue · Proofs of Concept

A library that
talks back.

Two demonstrations of one idea: a learning companion that asks before it tells, that stays rooted in the text on the page, that challenges the comfortable answer, and that remembers how you think.

Pick a text. Each is about five minutes. The same companion, two traditions.

Proof of Concept Nº 1 Western classics Carpe Odes I.11 Horace · c. 23 BC · Latin “Carpe diem.” The most misquoted line in poetry, read properly, one question at a time. Begin → Proof of Concept Nº 2 The Chinese strand 春望 Spring View Du Fu · 757 CE · Tang dynasty Eight lines written inside a fallen capital, where to gaze and to long are the same word. Begin →
  1. I Dialogue is the surface, not a help widget.
  2. II The Guide asks before it tells.
  3. III Every question is grounded in the text.
  4. IV Comfortable answers are challenged, not praised.
  5. V Understanding accrues as your own claims.
  6. VI It learns how you learn, in the open.
  7. VII It remembers you between visits.
  8. VIII The method travels across the catalogue.