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From history, I’d say it’s actually the exact opposite. Textual information reaches its upper bound far before visual information. Think reading a recipe from

From history, I’d say it’s actually the exact opposite. Textual information reaches its upper bound far before visual information. Think reading a recipe from a cookbook vs following along with a well done YouTube recipe. The density of information delivered via video (visually) in addition to the word messaging (via audio) is roughly 10-100X that of an all text recipe. ...and with zero added effort from the human receiving the information, because our brain natively does the visual processing.

username90 6y ago
A recipe takes a minute to read, and then you can easily look up the steps as you need them. Following along a youtube video will be way more frustrating and require you to jump between parts of the video, replay parts you missed etc. I don't think anyone would prefer the youtube video unless they were complete beginners who don't understand cooking basics.
- pembrook 6y ago
  That’s the point though. Just as with programming, most people don’t understand the basics! Sure, it’s faster to follow a recipe if you’ve spent ten years learning everything about cooking and food science. Just as it’s easier to just code something if you’ve spent years learning how to code! The point is to lower the barrier of entry, and deliver people a higher density of information faster and easier.
  - username90 6y ago
    You learn how to code in a couple of weeks, learning all the non-coding knowledge required to actually write useful programs is what takes years. For example, you can't write most useful programs without knowing what a pointer/reference is. Doesn't matter if you use visual programming or textual code.
bryanrasmussen 6y ago
>The density of information delivered via video (visually) in addition to the word messaging (via audio) is roughly 10-100X that of an all text recipe. I think you need to show your work on that calculation - because I'm worried it's going to be one of those 'a video has so many bytes of information per frame etc. etc.' claims at which point I would have to wonder why I care what color Julia Child's blouse is when preparing an omelet.

username90 6y ago

A recipe takes a minute to read, and then you can easily look up the steps as you need them. Following along a youtube video will be way more frustrating and require you to jump between parts of the video, replay parts you missed etc. I don't think anyone would prefer the youtube video unless they were complete beginners who don't understand cooking basics.

pembrook 6y ago
That’s the point though. Just as with programming, most people don’t understand the basics! Sure, it’s faster to follow a recipe if you’ve spent ten years learning everything about cooking and food science. Just as it’s easier to just code something if you’ve spent years learning how to code! The point is to lower the barrier of entry, and deliver people a higher density of information faster and easier.
- username90 6y ago
  You learn how to code in a couple of weeks, learning all the non-coding knowledge required to actually write useful programs is what takes years. For example, you can't write most useful programs without knowing what a pointer/reference is. Doesn't matter if you use visual programming or textual code.

bryanrasmussen 6y ago

>The density of information delivered via video (visually) in addition to the word messaging (via audio) is roughly 10-100X that of an all text recipe. I think you need to show your work on that calculation - because I'm worried it's going to be one of those 'a video has so many bytes of information per frame etc. etc.' claims at which point I would have to wonder why I care what color Julia Child's blouse is when preparing an omelet.