Knowledge and learning tools in the app
Knowledge is for learning: courses, learning paths, reading and study trackers, explainers on psychology, philosophy and decision making, and a map of connected ideas you can explore.
The tools are free to use today and need a free account. “Open in the app” asks you to sign in or create one first.
SOS is an educational tool. It is not a doctor, therapist, financial adviser, lawyer or crisis service. Use it to learn and to keep track of your own life, and check anything important with a qualified person. Read the terms.
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Academic Excellence
Study strategies — retrieval practice, spaced repetition, interleaving, elaborative interrogation, and the science of deep learning.
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Achievements & XP
Your gamification center — badges, levels, streaks.
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Analysis Engine
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Architecture
How the built environment shapes human experience: great buildings that changed civilization, architectural movements across history.
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Behavioral Economics
Kahneman & Tversky's prospect theory (loss aversion, reference dependence, probability weighting).
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Behavioral Neuroscience
How your brain shapes behavior — dopamine, habit loops, motivation, addiction, decision-making, and how to work with your neurobiology instead of against it.
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Build-a-Path
Given a START and END concept from different domains, build a chain of intermediate ideas to connect them.
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Certifications
Track every earned credential — courses, certs, degrees, licenses.
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Character Strengths
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Climate Change
Science-based climate education — mechanisms, impacts, solutions, and personal/systemic actions.
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Cognitive Architecture
Baddeley's working memory model (central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer).
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Cognitive Biases
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Cognitive Load Theory
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Cognitive Performance
Daily cognitive metrics (focus, memory, creativity, clarity), brain fog tracking with trigger analysis, flow state log.
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Complexity Science
Complex adaptive systems, emergence, feedback loops, tipping points, and self-organization.
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Concept Challenge
Daily challenge: given two random knowledge nodes, explain the conceptual connection chain.
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Concept Explorer
Deep-dive into any concept from the knowledge graph — connections, related topics, breadcrumb navigation, and Wikipedia integration.
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Concept of the Day
A daily featured concept from the knowledge graph — same for everyone each day.
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Concept Pathways
Pick two concepts from the knowledge graph and get a suggested outline of how they might connect.
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Connection Explorer
Pick any two concepts and watch the knowledge graph reveal how they connect — multi-hop paths, edge explanations, and surprising cross-domain links.
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Courses
Browse and enroll in SOS SkillForge courses.
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Creative Practice
Track creative projects across writing, music, art, coding, and more.
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Cross-Pillar Correlations
Discover hidden patterns between your sleep, fitness, nutrition, habits, and wealth using Pearson correlation analysis.
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Cultural Evolution Science
Henrich's cultural brain and the science of how culture shapes and is shaped by human evolution.
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Cultural Intelligence
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Cultural Psychology
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Data Collection
Surveys, polls, mood check-ins, and quick-track data points.
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Debate Mode
Two knowledge concepts from different domains face off.
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Decision Architecture
Thaler & Sunstein's nudge theory, choice architecture design, default effects, EAST Framework.
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Decision Journal
Log major decisions with pre-mortems, confidence levels, and expected outcomes.
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Decision Neuroscience
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Decision Theory
Expected utility theory (von Neumann-Morgenstern), prospect theory (Kahneman-Tversky: loss aversion, probability weighting, fourfold pattern), Bayesian decision theory.
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Decision-Making Science
Dual-process theory and the science of high-quality decisions.
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Deliberate Practice
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Developmental Psychology
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Domain Explorer
Browse every corner of the knowledge graph by domain.
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Ecological Thinking
Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory (microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem), Hardin's tragedy of the commons.
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Economics & Inequality
Understand the forces driving inequality — wealth concentration, wage stagnation, policy levers, and solutions.
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Education Science
The science of how humans learn.
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Emotional Intelligence
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Energy & Sustainability
Deep dive into the global energy transition — renewables, storage, grid infrastructure, and what individuals can do.
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Epistemics
Calibrated uncertainty (Tetlock, superforecasters), Bayesian reasoning, Scout.
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Epistemology
The philosophy of knowledge.
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Evidence Lab
Run a self-experiment on one change at a time.
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Evolutionary Psychology
The science of evolved minds.
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Focus Timer
Pomodoro + deep work sessions.
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Game Theory
The mathematics of strategic interaction.
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Getting Started Guide
Your guide to the SOS platform.
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Growth Timeline
Visual timeline of your personal growth — goals achieved, streaks set, milestones reached, and a Growth Intelligence Score across all pillars.
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Health Reports
Auto-generated weekly and monthly health reports.
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IIP Dashboard
Central hub for the Information Interaction Process — track your Collect / Analyze / Utilize / Distribute cycle, view active insights, experiments.
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Ikigai & Life Purpose
Discover your ikigai — reason for being.
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Information Analysis
A toolkit for judging what you read and hear: the SIFT method, lateral reading, and a source hierarchy; common manipulation tactics to recognize.
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Information Warfare
Disinformation vs. misinformation vs. malinformation, firehose of falsehood doctrine (RAND), astroturfing and manufactured consensus, deepfakes and liar's dividend.
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Knowledge Base
Personal research library, notes, and curated learning resources.
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Knowledge Browser
Search, filter, and browse knowledge graph concepts by keyword, category, and difficulty.
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Knowledge Graph
Explore the universal knowledge graph — concepts, thinkers, and ideas connected across philosophy, science, psychology, history, and more.
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Knowledge Quiz
Test your understanding of concepts across science, philosophy, history, and more.
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Language Learning
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Law & Legal Systems
Practical legal knowledge: know your rights (police stops, workplace, housing).
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Learning Goals
Set skill and certification goals with milestones, log study sessions, and track your learning streak.
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Learning Paths
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Life Score
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Life Timeline
Chronicle your life journey, milestones, and growth.
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Location Intelligence
Where to live intelligence.
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Loneliness Science
Cacioppo's evolutionary model of loneliness (adaptive pain signal), loneliness vs. solitude distinction, hypervigilance trap (how loneliness impairs reconnection).
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Longevity Science
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Media & Screen Time Tracker
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Memory Science
Learn faster and remember longer: spaced repetition, retrieval practice, the Method of Loci, Feynman Technique, interleaving, chunking, and a personal practice tracker.
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Meta-Learning Science
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Metacognition
Flavell's metacognition framework, monitoring vs control, Dunning-Kruger effect, illusion of knowing.
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Money Psychology
The psychology of financial decisions — behavioral biases, money scripts, emotional spending, and building a healthy relationship with money.
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Monthly Life Report
Monthly report card — grade, pillar breakdown, top wins, opportunities, and next month's roadmap.
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Moral Psychology
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Motivation Science
Self-Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci: autonomy/competence/relatedness), the motivation spectrum from amotivation to intrinsic, expectancy-value theory (Vroom).
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Multi-Perspective Analysis
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My Learning
Personal learning dashboard — active enrollments, streak, badges, subject mastery, and certification portfolio.
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Network Science
Barabási's scale-free networks, Watts-Strogatz small world networks.
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Networking & Contacts
Professional CRM with relationship intelligence.
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Neuroethics
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News Feed
Curated articles from news sources across health, science, tech, finance, personal growth, and the environment.
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Pattern Lab
Discover correlations in your personal data through gamified analysis.
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Personal Research Lab
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Phenomenology
Husserl's epoché and intentionality, Heidegger's being-in-the-world and thrownness, Sartre's radical freedom and bad faith, Merleau-Ponty's embodied cognition.
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Philosophy of Language
Frege's sense/reference distinction and compositionality, Wittgenstein's early picture theory vs. late language games.
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Philosophy of Science
Scientific method, Popper's falsifiability, Kuhn's paradigm shifts, Lakatos's research programs, Feyerabend's anarchism, the replication crisis.
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Political Psychology
Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory.
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Polymath Path
Multi-domain mastery strategy: T-shaped knowledge, combinatorial creativity, the adjacent possible, lateral thinking, cross-pollination journaling.
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Population Benchmarks
Compare your health, fitness, and financial numbers with approximate population reference ranges (CDC, WHO, NIH, and others).
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Positive Psychology
Science of wellbeing — PERMA model, character strengths, flow, post-traumatic growth.
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Predictions & Calibration
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Psycholinguistics
The science of language and mind: Chomsky's universal grammar and language acquisition device.
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Psychological Safety
Amy Edmondson's framework for high-performing teams: speak-up culture, interpersonal risk-taking, learning vs. anxiety zones.
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Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel's principles (no one is crazy, luck and risk, hedonic adaptation, compounding, getting vs. staying wealthy, optionality).
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Psychometric Lab
Personality + psychology assessments.
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Reading Tracker
Track books, articles, podcasts, and courses.
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Report Builder
Auto-generate weekly, monthly, correlation.
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Research Hub
Connect your personal data patterns to real-world research.
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Resume Builder
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Second-Order Thinking
Howard Marks' second-order thinking, Munger/Jacobi inversion, Chesterton's fence, Merton's law of unintended consequences, Bastiat's opportunity cost, a consequences grid.
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Six Degrees
A knowledge-graph navigation game: start at one concept and race to reach a target by hopping through connected ideas.
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SkillForge Academy
Structured courses, skill paths, and certifications.
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Social Capital
Putnam's bonding/bridging/linking capital, Granovetter's strength of weak ties, structural holes and network brokerage (Burt), Ostrom's trust and commons governance.
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Social Dominance
Dominance vs. prestige hierarchy (Henrich & Gil-White).
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Social Epistemology
How communities create, share, and distort knowledge.
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Social Influence Science
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SOS Tokens
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Student Hub
All-in-one student toolkit: course manager, assignment tracker, exam planner, GPA calculator, and citation builder.
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Terror Management Theory
Greenberg, Pyszczynski & Solomon's TMT (built on Becker's Denial of Death).
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Time Tracker
Live timer + manual logging across life categories.
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Visualization Studio
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