In https://andymatuschak.org/books , I argued that non-fiction books are surprisingly ineffective for typical readers. One common (great!) criticism I heard was: Isn’t reader interest the biggest factor? So what if vaguely-interested people don’t absorb much from pop non-fiction? (Thread)
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In this sense, there’s something for everyone. A fixed level of reader investment can yield a bigger impact. A fixed level of desired impact can be had with lower investment. The minimum-viable-investment shifts downwards; the maximum-accessible-impact shifts upwards.
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https://quantum.country focuses on higher levels of reader investment, but it’s not difficult to imagine adjusting those mechanisms to make e.g. blog posts more impactful for a fixed level of reader interest.
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That’s just one cognitive medium: there’s a whole zoo to be created! And of course we can decompose “impact” into “emotional resonance,” “detailed understanding,” “motivation,” etc, and examine the impact of novel media on those efficient frontiers. (Fin)
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Yep, agreed. Which is why I'm building a video educational platform that combines video & text. B)
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