As @thegdb pointed out, the economic incentives should be tied to Kolmogorov complexity.
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@patrickc Is there evidence that a) books are longer than they could/should be or b) reading speed is limitation in learning speed? -
@brikis98 a) There are very few <150 pages. That could be because few ideas are expressible that concisely *or* because there's distortion. - 5 more replies
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@patrickc You mean text books? Length is less important than layout and format. Use web styles - short paragraphs; message boxes etc - 2 more replies
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@patrickc I always knew you hated books.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc problem of calibration remains: ideal concision for you maybe overcompressed for most (and still too wordy for a few) -
@patrickc maybe what's needed is text that adjusts to reader. today, readers self-adjust (skimming, digressions) but tools could automate - 1 more reply
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@patrickc I think my learning is not limited by reading, but by application. I don't have time to *practice* everything I'd like to learn.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc there is a disease like that: ametropia. As of 2011, still over a billion untreatedhttp://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/better_vision_for_the_poor …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc I think that disease is called the Internet! (shorter attention span => longer reading times => slower average reading speed).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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