As @thegdb pointed out, the economic incentives should be tied to Kolmogorov complexity.
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Replying to @patrickc
Making books to shorter would effectively increase the rate at which we can learn.
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@segiddins I think it's obviously true that they're related. (If you 5x-ed the length, wouldn't learning be slower?) Now run that backwards.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@segiddins I agree that there'll be both local and global minima. But my contention is that most books are way above them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@segiddins I don't know... hard to assess as a hypothetical, but in most things people seem to prefer the shorter versions.
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