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[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Bloat is NOT exclusive to videos.

" I hate how many interesting opinions and bits of information are buried in some insufferably long " articles.

I listen to my videos at 2x or more while free to do other things.

Quality sources are critical, regardless of medium.

[–]Klenvastergan[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The difference is that I can skim-read a bloated article to get to the useful text much more quickly than I can skim-watch a video to get to the useful statements.

Especially if there are obvious key words I'm looking for, then I can just ctrl+f.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

To skim-read you need your full attention and eyes and your hands to navigate.

I can be multi-tasking on my computer, petting my cat, washing the dishes, taking a shit, doing construction, reading SaidIt, writing on SaidIt, etc etc etc - while listening to YouTube taking a glance on occasion when necessary.

It's a preference choice.

[–]Klenvastergan[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's not a choice when the information you want is accessible by video and not by text.

Then it's a non-choice that you're defending because the non-choice aligns with your preference.

I want to pay full attention to things; paying full attention to things is good. When I'm absorbing new ideas and factual claims, I want to pay full attention to them. When I'm doing construction, I want to pay full attention to that, and not partial attention to novel ideas and factual claims.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You may find that most of the news is not that critical and usually largely redundant. When it gets important enough for full attention you may stop, digest, and remember as necessary. You'd be surprised how much sticks. Obviously your multitasking should be boring for complex topics, and of course some things require actual reading and researching.