Annual
$180
365 days
Grow Simply Think Clearly
DiscoverDiscover Insight
How to Read Wisely How to Learn With Honesty and Experience How to Question Your Assumptions How to Make Life's Hardest Choices How to Break Compulsive Loops and Reclaim Attention How to Handle Uncertainty and Chaos How to Find and Create Meaning How to Communicate Clearly Under Pressure How to Decide Under Scarcity How to Build Skill Through Practice How to Face Death and Mortality How to Navigate Technological Change
Decision Making Attention Philosophy Continuous Learning Perception Cognitive Biases Communication Creativity Economics Ethics Memory Mindset Humility Planning Personal Development Happiness Discipline Freedom Growth Patience
Antifragile The Psychology of Money Guns, Germs, and Steel Dopamine Nation The Selfish Gene Big Magic Homo Deus Nexus Scarcity Brain The Myth of Sisyphus A New Earth Freakonomics
Adjectives Are Thought Debt A Few Extreme Events Drive Most Results Accountability and Equity AI Can Mirror And Challenge Your Thinking Like Socrates Absurd Art Describes Rather Than Solves Acknowledging What Is Begins Every Useful Response
Action Without Eternal Payoff Still Affirms Existence Active Voice Thinking Dominates Passive Noise A Made Bed After Hard Days Still Speaks Order Accept Enjoy or Enthusiasm Can Filter Worthwhile Action A Visitor Circle Can Prove Height by Growing and Vanishing A Son's Flight Can Teach Relinquished Control
Start from a quest, topic, idea, or book note when you are curious. One library holds insight reading and word lists. Follow a thread at your own pace.
Build Knowledge
Vocabulary
ubiquitous ephemeral pragmatic heuristic paradigm
nuance corroborate ambivalent esoteric dichotomy
ostensible perfunctory salient tacit capricious
laconic pedantic recalcitrant sanguine voracious
magnanimous obfuscate parsimonious trenchant superfluous
vacillate zealous acumen equivocate circumspect
fastidious ebullient intransigent mendacious vernacular
ubiquitous heuristic salient pragmatic dichotomy
Mental Models
Opportunity Cost Loss Aversion Sunk Cost Base Rates Feedback Loops
Inversion Deliberate Practice Margin of Safety Pareto Principle Cognitive Biases
Confirmation Bias Systems Thinking Circle of Competence Mental Accounting Second-Order Thinking
Compound Interest Behavioral Economics Probability Basics Opportunity Cost Loss Aversion
Feedback Loops Inversion Base Rates Pareto Principle Margin of Safety
Sunk Cost Deliberate Practice Cognitive Biases Confirmation Bias Systems Thinking
Circle of Competence Mental Accounting Second-Order Thinking Compound Interest Feedback Loops
Inversion Pareto Principle Probability Basics Behavioral Economics Opportunity Cost
Packs group terms with glosses and examples. Mark words known or saved while you study. Progress stays with the pack, not a streak counter.
Keep Notes
Save what matters while you read. Come back to saved cards when you are ready. Known and saved marks keep the list honest and yours.
Tickets Ahead
Monthly
$18
30 days
Each ticket is prepaid access. Days stack on your expiry without a subscription. Redeem in Connection when you are ready. Contact support for tickets. This is a personal, non-commercial project. Membership tickets are not sold on this site.
Getting started
What is Upnotes?
Upnotes is a cognitive building system powered by AI — a calm place to read, learn, and remember, without the noise.
What is Upnotes really for?
To help you grow simply and think clearly. Discover ideas worth reading, Build vocabulary in focused packs, and Keep what you saved until it sticks. One loop from first read to lasting memory, without feeds or streak pressure.
Who is Upnotes a good fit for?
Readers who want better ideas without clutter. Learners building English word by word. Anyone tired of apps that chase streaks instead of what you actually kept.
What can I try without paying?
Sign in with your email. No card needed. Preview notes are free, including pack overviews, so you can explore Discover, sample Build, and judge the quality before you buy a ticket.
Library and learning
Can I read books and ideas here?
Yes. Discover holds book notes, sharp ideas, quests, and topics worth your time. Follow a thread from a question to a book, or search the full library once you have a ticket.
Can I learn vocabulary here?
Yes. Build is made for word learning. Open a pack, study terms with glosses and examples, and mark words Known or Saved as you go. CEFR levels and packs like Mental Models turn vocabulary into visible progress.
Does Keep help things actually stick?
That is the point. Mark notes Known when they land and Saved when you want another look. Short review on saved notes and your Keep view turn browsing into something you remember.
Tickets and access
What does a ticket unlock for me?
The full library and search. Every book note, idea, and term. Save what matters, review saved cards, track pack progress, and run Discover, Build, and Keep without limits.
Is this another subscription?
No. A ticket is prepaid days that stack on your account. Redeem when you are ready. When time runs out, access stops. No auto renew and no surprise bills.
Why are tickets sold off site?
Upnotes is a personal project, not a storefront. Tickets go through support so access stays simple and human. Prices on this page are reference only. Reach out when you are ready.