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Get smarter, make faster progress, and avoid common mistakes.

There are lots of ways you can cut years off the learning curve and put yourself in a position to succeed.

One way is through reading — and Farnam Street is devoted to helping you through the process of self-education.

But there’s another important, sometimes underestimated approach: shortening the path to wisdom by connecting to other FS readers like you.

You must learn from those who have already completed the mazes you’re interested in running. If you don’t, you’re wasting a lot of time and effort.

We’ve made that journey easier for you with the FS Learning Community.

“The Learning Community repeatedly invites me to expand how I see and think. The level of IQ and EQ members offer is unprecedented and has me visiting daily.”

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Does this sound like you?

“I like to discuss big ideas with smart and thoughtful people, but find most social media forums are toxic and unproductive.”
“I want to improve the quality of my learning so I can instantly recall what’s in my brain.”
“I want to meet like-minded people to keep me accountable to my most important goals.”
“There’s so much information out there. How do I choose what to read, and what to spend my time on?”
“How can I see the world with more clarity?”

Come Join Us

Once you’re a member, you’ll get access to a community of smart, driven people on a dedicated member forum, with channels open for discussing mental models, reading suggestions, Farnam Street posts, networking opportunities, and other topics of interest. It’s a community of like-minded people just like you. Share links, discuss topics, and bounce ideas off of some of the smartest people on the planet.

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What’s Inside?

Members of the Learning Community get perks that aren’t available anywhere else. This private trove is brimming with valuable resources to help you get answers, make better decisions, and take advantage of opportunities.

Here’s a small taste of what you’ll get.

Early Access to Episodes

Subscribers get early access to podcasts before its available to anyone else.

Ad-free Versions of The Knowledge Project

With a unique Subscriber feed, you gain access to ad-free versions of the show.

Hand-Edited Transcripts

Subscribers get hand-edited transcripts of episodes allowing them to accelerate their learning, take notes, and reference shows later without having to re-listen to the entire episode.

An Exclusive Community

You’ll find private networking opportunities with amazing authors, executives, and entrepreneurs. Join any of a number of active threads dedicated to accelerating your personal growth and development — questions, answers, and everything in between.

Courses to Master Your Productivity

When you join the Learning Community, you also get free access to The Art of Reading, Productivity that Gets Results, and The Art of Focus. Thousands of students have used these courses to read more deeply, focus on what really matters, and avoid costly mistakes.

Exclusive AMAs (Ask Me Anything)

Get your burning questions answered by top authors, coaches, entrepreneurs, investors and others who are making big splashes in their fields. Past guests include James Clear, Michele Gelfand, Nir Eyal, Ryan Holiday, Josh Kaufman and more.

Subscriber-Only Content

The Knowledge Library is a vast and ever-expanding collection of original and curated resources to help you go deep on whatever it is you’re learning now. We are regularly adding content to the library and you’ll have access to everything.

[Farnam Street] does a really remarkable job of looking at culture, history, and interesting books … I check this almost every day.

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*Please note both options are non-refundable. Both options give the exact same access to everything the Learning Community offers. Several members have asked how to give more to support a resource they love and rely on, so this is an easy way to do that.

Membership for Teams

Join the Learning Community as a team and improve your organization's thinking, decision making, and morale. (Savings of over 33%)

Join Now

Interested in giving a membership as a gift?

A full year's access to the Learning Community is the perfect gift for the thoughtful person in your life.

Give Now

Looking for More?

How about an extra bonus?

Bonus #1 (Virtual Reading Group)

Several times a year, all community members are invited to participate in guided read-alongs of important books. The reading group is one of the Learning Community’s most popular features, and our members insist it’s one of the very best ways to glean insights from a book they would have otherwise missed.

Bonus #2 Ad-Free Versions of Brain Food

Get the same weekly email without the sponsor.

Bonus #3 (Early Access)

As a member of the Learning Community, you’ll enjoy exclusive access to FS products, events, and breaking news before anyone else.

Become a member of the
Learning Community today

Only $149 (about $12 a month) gets you a full year of access to an engaged group of thinkers, AMAs with interesting authors, entrepreneurs and investors, group reading discussions, the Knowledge Library and everything else. (And don’t forget the bonus perks like free course access and a backstage pass to our Re:Think workshops.)

There’s no deadline, there’s no discount, there’s no push. Just access to the greatest community on the internet.

In fact, if you’re on the fence at all, please spend your money on something else. The quality of the community depends solely on the quality of the members, so we only want to attract people who want to be here — to both benefit and contribute. If this kind of community feels right to you, you’ll know it.

We hope to see you inside!

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*Please note both options are non-refundable. Both options give the exact same access to everything the Learning Community offers. Several members have asked how to give more to support a resource they love and rely on, so this is an easy way to do that.

Membership for Teams

Join the Learning Community as a team and improve your organization's thinking, decision making, and morale. (Savings of over 33%)

Join Now

Interested in giving a membership as a gift?

A full year's access to the Learning Community is the perfect gift for the thoughtful person in your life.

Give Now