It's mostly about efficiency. If you want to watch a 4 minute video and the first 2 minutes were ads, wouldn't you skip it? Same principle: people talk slower t

It's mostly about efficiency. If you want to watch a 4 minute video and the first 2 minutes were ads, wouldn't you skip it? Same principle: people talk slower than necessary in many of these videos, or make unnecessary edits that slow it down content-wise. I think this search for faster learning is fueled by the realization that we only have so many lines of text, or minutes of video or audio content, that we can consume in life. I don't want to waste that on ads or someone's idea of a fancy video transition. It's the reason why I don't like podcasts or radio programs: too much of it is spent on introductions or random subjects. I have other shit to do, so if I can maximize the retention in a shorter timespan, that's much better. There's an ever-present desire to learn more, and the more you learn the more new topics you find out about. Personally I am a bit bothered. I bought a bunch of books over the years and recently I've realized maybe I won't be able to go through all of them at my current speed. So I'm trying to learn how to read faster (with retention) and be more methodical about it. For things you need to go in depth the learning is necessarily slow: a college course, a textbook, years of experience. But if I want to learn something small that has less relevance to my life, I don't want to waste that time.