Cognitive Impact Maps

Unsans takes pains to avoid evaluating a book because evaluation distracts from understanding how ideas work on the mind.

This notion encapsulates a distilled insight that remains even after the details of the book fade. It is what remains

No — the focus is on thinking shifts, not content coverage. Unsans is concerned with effects on thinking, not internal

Some components are AI-assisted, but every inclusion follows a human editorial judgment. They are carefully structured and edited to meet

Not at all. On the contrary, we hope to foster curiosity in the reader. These maps are meant to help

Yes. The maps describe typical shifts, not universal ones. We understand that cognitive shifts occur differently in different readers based

These three notions reflect the three core ways books affect thinking and bring about a change in the reader’s thought

A Cognitive Impact Map is a structured way of showing how a book interacts with a reader’s existing mental models.