moving information from text to video is cursed and i refuse to watch video to learn things
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video is BAD for learning in most contexts
it is not easily searchable
is is generally full of distracting or irritating nonsense
it must be taken in at a pace determined by the creator rather than by the audience
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"watch my 20m video to learn about something that could be summarized in a paragraph or at most a page"
actually i know what opportunity costs are and so i am just going to remain ignorant of whatever you were going to present to me as if i were a toddler
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"what about things that are best learned by physical imitation" yes video has an edge there and im glad we have it but 99% of what i want to learn about involves antediluvian civilizations, forbidden science, and books that are mostly about other books (most books)
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Best example of what is good about video being incorporated into what is best about text I’ve seen -
