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What If You Could See the Edges of Your Own Knowledge?

1•2r1in•6h ago
How do we really know what we don’t know?

Not in a philosophical way. I mean practically — in the trenches of learning, building, creating.

We skim. We binge. We collect endless mental notes. But when we pause to reflect, it’s surprisingly hard to answer:

What do I actually understand deeply?

What do I think I understand, but don’t?

What’s missing entirely from my mental map?

The scariest gaps aren’t the ones we’re aware of. They’re the ones we never notice.

We’re Overeducated but Under clarified The internet taught us how to consume knowledge. It never taught us how to see our own understanding.

We take in content, not clarity. Familiarity becomes mistaken for depth. And sometimes, we just don’t know we’re stuck.

Imagine if there were a tool that simply asked: “Tell me everything you know — and I’ll quietly show you what’s missing.”

No grades. No corrections. No courses. Just a mirror to your mind.

Sounds weird, right? Maybe even uncomfortable.

I Built Something Like That… But I Don’t Know If It Should Exist This is not a pitch. I’m not even sure how to explain it.

All I’ll say is:

It doesn’t teach. It doesn’t test. It just listens to your knowledge — then maps out:

What’s clear

What’s shallow

What you missed without knowing

You don’t even realize it’s doing that. Until it does.

Now here’s the strange part:

I have no idea who this is really for.

Would You Even Use Something Like This? Here’s the real reason I’m writing this:

I want your opinion.

If a tool existed that could quietly expose the edges of your understanding…

Would you want that?

Would you use it to gain clarity, or would it feel too invasive?

Would it excite you — or freak you out?

Would it be useful for:

Writers?

Developers?

Independent learners?

Strategic thinkers?

People who crave feedback — but not judgment?

Or… would this just be too strange for the world right now?

I’d Honestly Love to Hear What You Think This isn’t about building hype.

It’s about asking a question I can’t answer alone:

“If someone did build a tool like this — would it even matter?”

Let’s talk in the comments.

No links. No names. Just a quiet idea — floating here — waiting for real minds to respond.

Comments

reify•4h ago
This is where my profession excels.

A 3000 word essay every month.

Essays, for me, bring together all your learning, current reading and bibliography.

A minimum 800 word weekly journal. To challenge every thought, feeling or behaviour that comes up in your day to day life.

The simple stuff like sitting on rush hour bus on your way to work, and you find yourself getting angry about a person speaking very loudly behind you.

What is this anger really about? Where does it come from? is it really your anger? is it a learned behaviour that you have introjected from significant others in your life, parents, teachers, neighbours, family members etc.

Everything you experience and do, is up for deep reflection and challenge. It may be an awareness the tone of your voice in certain situations.

What about claiming that you are heterosexual. How do you know? Has your sexuality been imposed upon you from birth, by society and family, the clothes you have worn from birth, blue for boys etc, they way you dress now, etc etc. What does it feel like being a man, a woman. Only once you have challenged all these can you safely believe that you are heterosexual. The beginnings of finding out who you are.

become aware of how the johari windows works, not the business versions online. Expand the knowledge of yourself. seek feed back from others about all that you are. we can be terribly blind to ourselves without feedback from others, who experience us in all our glory. we can only ever know others through knowing ourselves.

read, read, write, write, learn, learn.

For me the internet scrolling generations are not learning anything of value.

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