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> knowledge is in a form of youtube videos Hardly it almost always a shortened more approachable summary of something described in a book. Also (IMHO) videos a

> knowledge is in a form of youtube videos Hardly it almost always a shortened more approachable summary of something described in a book. Also (IMHO) videos are a horrible format for transferring knowledge, it’s slow AF compared to reading and impossible to search, you have to consume it mostly sequentially

ajsnigrutin 3y ago
Sure, but if when are you going to open a book on SNES (super nintendo)? For comparison, here is a very interesting video series for anyone with at least some programming knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ibhDU2SAI&list=PLHQ0utQyFw5KCcj1ljIhExH_lvGwfn6GV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ibhDU2SAI&list=PLHQ0utQyFw... Sure, you could buy a book about snes (not even sure if any good ones exist) and read about that... but you're not that interested into the topic, because it's something old and not something you'll actually do... but here's a 6 minute video, that you'll probably watch... and if it's interesting, you'll go down a playlist and see "how thing were done" "back then" and learn something new. Ever heard of Tefifon music player? Neither have I, until i saw the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfVS6ahArs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfVS6ahArs ... i would have never bought a book on ancient music players, but I learned something new by watching a short video. Ever heard of purple gold? Neither have I, again, until the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Pcp944sRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Pcp944sRI Compare this to eg. book bestsellers: https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/ https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-an... Sometimes all you need is a summary, you're not a chemist, SNES programmer or an old music player collector, but you still learn a lot, and all those things are topics, where you just don't buy a book, because th 10, 20 minute video covers all that you need and want to know.
- ffgjgf1 3y ago
  > Sometimes all you need is a summary, you're not a chemist Certainly. However a text summary is still much more efficient (unless you’re watching the video mainly for entertainment).

ajsnigrutin 3y ago

Sure, but if when are you going to open a book on SNES (super nintendo)? For comparison, here is a very interesting video series for anyone with at least some programming knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ibhDU2SAI&list=PLHQ0utQyFw5KCcj1ljIhExH_lvGwfn6GV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ibhDU2SAI&list=PLHQ0utQyFw... Sure, you could buy a book about snes (not even sure if any good ones exist) and read about that... but you're not that interested into the topic, because it's something old and not something you'll actually do... but here's a 6 minute video, that you'll probably watch... and if it's interesting, you'll go down a playlist and see "how thing were done" "back then" and learn something new. Ever heard of Tefifon music player? Neither have I, until i saw the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfVS6ahArs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfVS6ahArs ... i would have never bought a book on ancient music players, but I learned something new by watching a short video. Ever heard of purple gold? Neither have I, again, until the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Pcp944sRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Pcp944sRI Compare this to eg. book bestsellers: https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/ https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-an... Sometimes all you need is a summary, you're not a chemist, SNES programmer or an old music player collector, but you still learn a lot, and all those things are topics, where you just don't buy a book, because th 10, 20 minute video covers all that you need and want to know.

ffgjgf1 3y ago
> Sometimes all you need is a summary, you're not a chemist Certainly. However a text summary is still much more efficient (unless you’re watching the video mainly for entertainment).