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Watching videos or listening to books or podcasts at 1.5x or 2x speed has become a productivity hack for many,
letting viewers and listeners plow through lectures, podcasts, and meetings in half the time.
But critics argue it trades comprehension for efficiency,
dulling nuance, emotional impact, and retention.
Can our brains really keep up, or are we just trading ourselves to tolerate a constant fest forward?
After that, as the world races for attention,
a growing wave of youth is retreating into the shadows.
Terms like ghost core, yin shu style, and rat culture,
those are bubbling up online from hauntingly delicate fashion to raw, vulnerable literature.
Literature will have a peek at what that's all about as well.
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Send us an email with your voice notes on any of the issues thoughts on any of the issues that we discuss here on the show Here's how you can do that round table podcast at qq.com one more time round table podcast at qq.com and now We devour content at lightning speed videos lectures podcasts sometimes cranked up to 2x or even higher it feels like a cheat code doesn't it More knowledge,
less time.
Your brain feels like a still good-looking Brad Pitt roaring down an F1 track.