I've been leaning in this direction for several years, now. Longer books generally are a) trying to do too many things at once, or b) demonstrate that the autho

I've been leaning in this direction for several years, now. Longer books generally are a) trying to do too many things at once, or b) demonstrate that the author doesn't understand their topic very well, or c) are filled with padding, usually as some form of Social Proof or similar, with irrelevant "case studies" or 500 irrelevant footnotes/references so on. Quite similar with 2 hour long "podcasts". There's little to no respect for the subject, the audience, or the "author" on display in most of these. Exceptions tending to prove the "rule".