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You are correct for people who can skim a few pages of information, identify what is relevant (possibly spread out across several chunks), and synthesize the in
by solveit 5y ago
You are correct for people who can skim a few pages of information, identify what is relevant (possibly spread out across several chunks), and synthesize the information into what they need. For most people on HN, this is as natural as breathing air. For a significant portion of the entire population, this is a pretty daunting task. If you're the kind of person who, like me, is frustrated that everything is a twenty-minute Youtube video tutorial instead of five paragraphs of text, then you may not fully understand the median user of many services.
- mercutio2 5y agoI have never heard this particular juxtaposition (YouTube link?!? Why!!!). But I'll note that I have extremely effective-at-reading-and-synthesizing friends who enjoy watching/listening to YouTube, so it may not be a complete explanation for the nefarious spread of horribly inefficient videos that should've been text.