> images convey a lot of information very quickly, and can be visually "skipped" in a way text cannot. Some images can be skipped. I installed an adblocker on

> images convey a lot of information very quickly, and can be visually "skipped" in a way text cannot. Some images can be skipped. I installed an adblocker on this browser today because of an advertisement that could not. An obnoxious facial expression on both sides of the article can't be ignored; the subroutines running in a brain to detect faces and eye contact seem to be pretty highly prioritized. That's why those stupid youtube thumbnails are so effective.