Something I have taken to doing these days is playing some mindless but fun game while listening to long-form interviews or talks. As a random example, these d

Something I have taken to doing these days is playing some mindless but fun game while listening to long-form interviews or talks. As a random example, these days I'm playing Slipways[1], but Diablo-style games or factory/builder games are also suitable. Meanwhile I like to listen to fantastically insightful interviews with people like Julia Ioffe. You can watch a thousand 1-minute news clips and not gain as much understanding about Putin and the war in Ukraine as from a one-hour interview with her. Similarly, the Telegraph's "Ukraine the latest" is a roughly one-hour podcast I listen to every morning while taking the kid out for a walk. Perun's analysis of the logistics situation also tends to be spot on, and very insightful. I used to listen to interesting characters on Joe Rogan, but Joe turned a bit... right wing nutjob. Lex Fridman is less crazy but also a less skilled interviewer. Still, he's got some stellar interviews like the one with Jim Killer[1]. Do you want to watch a soundbite from a politician in another country talking about something that will never affect you, or do you want to hear from the horse's mouth how your everyday life will change because of new technology? I used to feel I didn't have time for this kind of thing, but overlapping it with gameplay makes it seem like zero time "spent" on it. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4hL5Om4IJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4hL5Om4IJ4