Gist - Read More. Think Deeper. Learn Faster.

Learn faster and think deeper with Gist, a browser extension that distills research papers, videos, and webpages into structured understanding, offering counter-arguments and steelmanned positions.

Overview

If you are suffering from information overload, Gist is for you.

Gist is a browser extension that distills research papers, YouTube videos, and webpages into structured understanding — without opening a new tab. Hit the button and an overlay appears on top of the page you’re already reading.

If you have 47 unread Arxiv.org tabs open right now — Gist is for you.

If your appetite for learning exceeds your time budget — Gist is for you.

Most AI summarizers give you slop. Gist structures content the way a PhD would — differently depending on what the content actually is.

Arguments → Logical structure: Thesis, evidence, counter-argument, synthesis. Built for research papers and analytical content.

Stories → Dramatic structure: Situation, complication, question, resolution. The shape every good story already has.

Gist goes beyond summarization when it detects an argument:

Counter-argument: The strongest possible case against the author’s position — not a disclaimer, the actual objection.

Steelman: An even stronger version of the author’s argument, rebuilt from scratch.

You don’t just learn what the author thinks. You learn exactly where they might be wrong.

Gist makes the:

Complex → Comprehensible
Boring → Interesting
Slow → Fast

It’s a graduate school seminar in your browser, on-demand.

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One click. Layered understanding.

First slide: One sentence — the irreducible core of the entire piece
Swipe: Context, complications, evidence, counter-arguments
Stop anytime: You control the depth
No new tabs: Gist overlays the page you’re reading

The original is always there.

Gist is a pre-read — helping you decide whether to invest the time, and priming your mind to comprehend it if you do.