The school model is a bit fascist. The youtube or video model is an interesting way for academics to propagate their ideas because only the people who actually

The school model is a bit fascist. The youtube or video model is an interesting way for academics to propagate their ideas because only the people who actually want to be there, show up. The ability to get Q&A from a community of broad but like-minded people in their interest for the topic makes for an incredibly focused experience. Like being engrossed in a campfire horror story rather than being forced to listen to paint dry. The big problem with video, that makes me still value text based tutorials from the yesteryear (2000s), is that it's very hard to search for a particular sentence or string of information in a video. The varied pacing and delivery of information between speakers can get vary frustrating when you have to break your work flow to get to that exact moment in a video where the guy repeats what you want to hear inbetween ums and ahhs, and his 3rd time explaining a very basic concept. Text still allows the reader to be in control of the pace & is the most easily searchable for the right information, which is vital for maintaining focus & flow at work. Video needs to catch up to that, hopefully automatic transcription can save the day.