How the World is Run
Like Duolingo, but for How the World is Run. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns How the World is Run into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where How the World is Run takes you
Ever wonder why some countries have kings while others have presidents? Learn how different societies make big decisions and how you can spot the ideas that shape our daily lives.
- 1
Taking Charge and Making Rules
- Who gets to decide?
- The power of the vote
- When one person has all the say
- Sharing power between groups
- 2
Spotting Big Ideas in the Wild
- Individual freedom vs. the group
- Tradition and keeping things the same
- Pushing for fast change
- How money and politics mix
- The dream of a perfect society
- When the state controls everything
- 3
Navigating Real-World Arguments
- Left, right, and the center
- Why people disagree about taxes
- The role of religion in law
- 4
Protecting the People
- What are human rights?
- The rules that even leaders must follow
- How courts keep things fair
- Free speech and its limits
- Protest and making your voice heard
- 5
The Machinery Under the Hood
- How a bill becomes a law
- The difference between states and nations
- Why we have borders
- How international groups work together
5 sections · 22 units · 88 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
If a leader claims the right to rule because they were born into a specific family, what is the source of their power?
Get it right to open this lesson and 87 more in the app.
You pick the voice
How the World is Run is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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