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This type of thing is increasing on YouTube too and rather than fast forward until I get to the meat of the video, I just stop and move on. I get that they're t

• labrador 5y ago
  I'll never get used to lectures where first the most minor person says how fantastic people are that follow, then the mid level person adds their two cents about how cool the following people are, followed by the most senior person singing the praises of the lecturer followed by the lecturer who is required to say how he or she doesn't deserve any of that praise but would be happy still if you bought their book. The longest this took before the lecture started was 29 minutes, although most of the time it's about 5. You know, Netflix figured out that everyone skips the intros to live comedy shows. People who put on lectures should think about this.
  • readthenotes1 5y ago
    It is part of the ancient tradition of persuasion that the Greeks used and appropriated by many other cultures because it seemed to work well: Ethos, pathos, logos. What you were enduring was the ethos part, where other people tout the credentials of the speaker so that you will be more likely to accept the The following propaganda.
    • labrador 5y ago
      That explains my instinct to skip to the speaker so I can listen without prejudice. I only look people up after they say something interesting so I can see what kind of axe they have to grind before fully accepting what they say. Thanks for the explanation.