I used to think: What's the point of watching stuff if you're not going to benefit from every piece of information, like every sentence?
But now, I'm convinced that sometimes it's better to speed it up!
What changed my mind:
- Some things don't make sense until you have context.
- These days we have a short attention span so it's better to watch in 2x and miss some things than to be halfway in and forget what you were doing.
- Doing is a more effective way of learning. Get the video over with and start doing!
- Key Insight: The brain automatically forgets unimportant stuff and has a built-in mechanism for remembering interesting things. As you watch the video, you're effectively sequentially searching over a list of ideas to find interesting ones.