I asked @byrneseyeview to riff on the value of books vs. video. Thought this was a really insightful and original(?) take.
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But the random access/skimming barrier, the pause and read-over to digest barrier, and info-density barriers remain. Some stuff (eg advanced math dense) is practically impossible to pick up via video, a lot of the rest is transmitted more slowly.
@handleym99 those seem like separate points (while being valid/important)
@bzogrammer good point. I suppose we should modify the argument to pertain to produced/scripted videos. Live recordings are more textlike in that regard (being cheap to make)
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(I'm indexing pretty narrowly on the relative costs here... arguably Byrne was making more/broader points.)
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