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The older I get, the more I appreciate texts (any). Videos, podcasts... I have them transcribed because even though I like listening to music, podcasts are bes
by sixtyj 10mo ago
The older I get, the more I appreciate texts (any).
Videos, podcasts... I have them transcribed because even though I like listening to music, podcasts are best written for speed of comprehension... (at least for me, I don't know about others).
- awesome_dude 10mo agoAudio is horrible (for me) for information transfer - reading (90% of the time) is where it's at Not sure why that is either - because I look at people extolling the virtues of podcasts, saying that they are able to multi task (eg. driving, walking, eat dinner), and still hear the message - which leaves me aghast
- mr_toad 10mo agoPodcasts are fine for entertainment, great for tuning out people or the traffic. I don’t expect to absorb information quickly, but try reading anything serious on the train when some guy is non-stop on his phone using his outside voice.
- awesome_dude 10mo agoHa! I used to I had a 53 minute (each way) commute on the train, and I found it perfect for reading papers or learning skills - I was always amazed that the background noise would disappear and I could get lost in the text Best study time ever.
- dwattttt 10mo agoBrittany Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time.mp3 To paraphrase the overused 'ol Sapir-Whorf, if all you think about is information that can be best represented as text, all your examples will be ones text wins at.
- awesome_dude 10mo agoNot sure, text wins hands down at sharing the ideas of one person, with many, across space and time. I can read the thoughts of a philosopher who lived on literally the other side of the world, several thousand years ago. I'm unsure of, but would love to know, any other medium capable of that
- dwattttt 10mo agoAnd what of histories great artists? You can take a walk through a gallery and see many things people wanted to express, reading the artists textual description of it won't invoke the same ideas in you.
- awesome_dude 10mo agoYou're right, and they do say a painting is worth a thousand words My only counter would be - when you and I look at them do we get the same words (but I suppose you could also argue that for a book, poem, etc)