Why Listening to Audiobooks at Normal Speed Is a Waste of Time

(thatjournalingguy.substack.com)

2 points | by austinallegro 5 hours ago ago

4 comments

  • retrac 5 hours ago ago

    The article about "gridification" in music on the front page seems apropos: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50150163

    > [...] it substitutes a corrupted symbolic representation of felt life, one defined by machinic precision and optimization [...] that surrounds us increasingly presents a morphology of unfolding that no human being actually inhabits.

  • loose-cannon 3 hours ago ago

    1. Not everything is about efficiency.

    2. People don't all have the same goals as you.

    3. These kinds of posts are awful

  • soapdog 5 hours ago ago

    Stop gatekeeping people’s enjoyment of audiobooks.

  • verdverm 5 hours ago ago

    alternatively, consider that humans have a breathing, speaking/listening, and memory timing link which has been evolving for 100Ks of years