While video has the ability to communicate certain things more efficiently than text, it is far inferior in other ways. For example, video is great at showing

While video has the ability to communicate certain things more efficiently than text, it is far inferior in other ways. For example, video is great at showing the physical relationship between car parts - what they look like, where they go - so if I'm trying to figure out how to get to that sixth spark plug on a 1990 Bronco II, I'm going to look for a video. Video is also good at pacing the timing of emotional reactions. If it weren't, no one would watch movies. If, on the other hand, I'm trying to learn or experience something complicated, like how to code in a new language, or an overview of the history of the idea of revolution, or any kind of theology, I'm going to read about it. I'm not going to watch some talking head give me far fewer words in the same amount of time, even if the video has some nice music and pans across a few pictures of cathedrals while the narrator speaks. Words are the fundamental unit of thinking, and video is piss-poor at communicating words, especially when compared to writing.