
Why We're Building Another Reading App?
Understanding something requires going deep into it. This is simple yet often overlooked. It takes powerful writing, audio, visuals, imagery, experiments and discussions with people showing us diverse viewpoints to truly grasp a concept.
Expanding our understanding is a goal worth pursuing.
So, what makes writing so powerful and how do we understand stuff better?
Great writing has the ability to bring readers into the author's perspective while helping them shape their own. Context adds to comprehension. Commentary is an essential part of what shapes our understanding and has been since time immemorial. This is why some of our best and most celebrated artists are commentators, jesters, and standup comics who add perspective to our world or show us the mirror. The best ones expand our understanding and show us a new side.
Remembering is a superpower. It helps form connections faster and understand better. New ideas often emerge from remembering connections, new and old.
Understanding also comes from context. Great teachers know your context and that of the world, and do a good job of putting the two and two together.
For millennia, we have relied on written scriptures to preserve and transmit knowledge. We arguably know more than ever before, yet paradoxically, we understand less. But books have struggled to keep up with our changing needs, and computers, despite their promise, have not fully bridged this gap. It is time to ask, "What comes after books?"
Meaning is an app that helps you understand, imagine and remember better. It extends books into immersive knowledge systems, creating new monetisation opportunities for authors and educators while benefiting the readers. In times when knowledge is abundant but attention is fragmented, it reimagines the future of reading.
It’s your companion to making sense of the world.
Aayushi · Krishna