Curious about "topics the internet left behind," where there's tons of deep knowledge in old books, but most everything online's shallow & Yahoo Answers-like. Serious piano practice technique is a good example; culinary composition is another.
Why do some topics end up that way?
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Along with economic disincentives – maybe some of it can attributed to medium? Things like piano technique and culinary skills are suited towards live instruction and gravitate towards A/V formats – those have a higher threshold for digitization and indexing.
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Maybe—but lots of A/V stuff is well-covered by YouTube! If you want to learn to make fresh pasta, YouTube will serve you much better than old books. But if you want to learn to *compose a pasta dish*, the internet will not help you.
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Ahhh yes! Think I understand what you’re zeroing in on. Like why does the internet favor ”Practice/Output > Theory/Understanding”?
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Hm, you know—I’m not sure it’s even so specific as that! Like, writing about theory of entrepreneurship and business is as good or better online than in books. I’m not sure there are consistent structures to the coverage.