Microlearning apps promise to make you smarter in just 15 minutes. Do they?

For some people, microlearning apps provide a useful preview of a book before they commit to the full read.

Riding the self-help wave, a new class of microlearning apps promises to make you smarter in just 15 minutes — one bite-sized book summary at a time.

Apps such as Wiser, Headway, Blinkist, and Shortform distill thousands of nonfiction titles into quick, digestible audio or text summaries on topics ranging from productivity to psychology. Viral hits such as Atomic Habits and The 5 AM Club are trimmed down to their core takeaways, letting users squeeze in a dose of personal growth while folding laundry or commuting to work. The model is clearly resonating: Blinkist now counts more than 26 million users g

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