As @thegdb pointed out, the economic incentives should be tied to Kolmogorov complexity.
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Making books to shorter would effectively increase the rate at which we can learn.
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Or, put another way, the broken incentives today are probably *halving* (or more) the rate at which you can learn. Be mad!
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Question: so what is it that would make the people who write books express their ideas more succinctly?
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One last cut: imagine there was a disease that slowed your reading by 50%. How much would you pay for the cure? Now sum that across society.
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@narayanarjun@brikis98 Kindle Singles are a hopeful ray! But I certainly haven't found *lots* -- Great Stagnation a stalwart exception.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@narayanarjun @brikis98 Ah, yes, that one is also good. I think you've now mentioned 100% of the Kindle Singles I've read.
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@patrickc here's another good kindle single you might be interested in: http://www.amazon.com/Political-Realism-Back-Room-Strengthen-Democracy-ebook/dp/B00WNCUMEW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431050505&sr=8-1 …0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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