I mostly use SR so I can study intensely whatever strikes me as interesting, then turn to the next thing, while still retaining the knowledge and being able to make progress.
Like a few months back I had the sudden inexplicable autistic urge to learn geology. So, I picked up a textbook and went through it like a novel and just wrote the flashcards as I read.
I think of it as checkpointing for learning: https://borretti.me/article/spaced-repetition-checkpointing-...
Currently going through Jaynes' Probability Theory: The Logic of Science.
Could you share with us how you’re applying this knowledge in your work?