> I tend to gloss over the details whenever I'm watching the videos That's not necessarily a bad thing. If you think about how many times your reading is slow

> I tend to gloss over the details whenever I'm watching the videos That's not necessarily a bad thing. If you think about how many times your reading is slowed down because you feel you have to re-read a passage to 'get it', audio/video sources totally help do away with that. It may sound like that weakens your learning, but if you've ever researched anything on improving reading speed, you'll know that it's better to not focus on 'getting' things on the first pass anyway, and instead continue plowing through the entire content just trying to get the jist of it, relying on multiple passes to really understand things better instead (this probably works for the same reasons spaced-repetition works). Obviously you can do that with reading as that's where the tip originated, but clearly auditory/visual input helps facilitate that if only because rewinding is less tempting than re-reading due to it being a chore. > along the opposite that I'm being bored and distracted because it's too slow Seems like a personal preference thing. To me, I get this with reading as well. It's just not stimulating enough for me, even when I read fast, cause it's easy for competing thoughts to take over and distract me. Audio/video on the other hand, work for me precisely because I can't think with that much stimulation going on. I'm too busy listening and watching to really have the resources to process any distracting thoughts, so it's easier to focus. Just my $0.02