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In a similar vein: the millennial fascination with speed listening: consuming podcasts and audiobooks at 1.5 to 3x speed. The point about comprehension is key:
by mikece 7y ago
In a similar vein: the millennial fascination with speed listening: consuming podcasts and audiobooks at 1.5 to 3x speed. The point about comprehension is key: if you complete Altlas Shugged in 8 hours but don’t understand the motivation of the characters, what was the point?
- edanm 7y agoThat's a fair question, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't listen faster. You should listen at the speed you feel comfortable at (and potentially work on increasing that speed.) Some recordings of the same book have a several-hour difference between the different recordings. Different narrators read at different speeds, and most of them aim for clarity to all listeners. I don't think there's any specific reason to listen to the slowest recording, just like I don't think there's any specific reason not to speed up a recording to where you are comfortabl.
- mikece 7y agoI completely agree: I can reread an audiobook at 2x or more but if I want to comprehend something meaty theN 1x with a few re-listens to selected sections is in order. And for dessert listening (podcasts) which are more about entertainment than learning are okay to zoom through.
- twic 7y agoIf you can listen to Busta Rhymes, Aesop Rock, even Eminem, and make sense of what they're saying, you can listen to an audiobook at 1.5x speed.