I took a course in speed reading, learning to read straight down the middle of the page, and I was able to go through War and Peace in 20 minutes. It’s about Russia.
replyI watch most talks at 2x speed or 1.5x if it's a really technical topic. Bryan Cantrill excepted!
replyI’m the opposite, I can’t stand the fast speaking videos. But I also speed up 1.2x to 1.5x if the videos were too slow.
replyI’m struggling to understand your definition of opposite here.
replyWouldn’t opposite mean you listen at sub 1x speed.
Whereas as your definition seems to be ”I’m the same, but less so.”
You recall nothing and you know it. You're just wasting time you could use for something useful or meaningful in your life. Kids call it "Anxiety cope" but I don't agree.
replyCan you recall 3 lines of dialogue from the latest movie you watched?
replyIf you're listening to a podcast at 3x you're trying to learn something. No one is trying to learn watching a movie.
replyPodcasts aren't entirely learning, a lot of podcasts are pure entertainment, such as comedy podcasts.
replySure you can "learn" something from a Sports Podcast or a Comedy Podcast, but you could also say you are "learning" from a podcast which just reads out random numbers. You could "learn" at 33 minutes, 11 seconds, the number 6 is read out, then 8, then 1 but I wouldn't call that learning, or at least its pointless learning.
Maybe you can't but I can recall whatever I need to.
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