#information #philosophy #epistemology #knowledge # [[Epistemic status]] #godel-uncertain # YouTube video vs a book - A book take years to write - A book is often reviewed, goes through an [[Evolution|evolutionary]] process - Many books are [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Lindy Effect|Lindy-proof]] --- - A YouTube video is never [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Lindy Effect|Lindy-proof]] - A YouTube video is rarely reviewed - A YouTube video is done in a few days Of course YouTube can be replaced by software (podcasts, blog posts etc., **even this fucking note is garbage compared to a book, why are you reading this?**) Do you see, [[Signal]] vs [[Noise]]? I'm exaggerating though, some videos are worth seeing, you can't find some [[Information|information]] in books, say, - https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman (greatest minds alive) - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheKnowledgeProject (life [[Heuristics]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/ycombinator ([[Entrepreneurship]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/NavalR ([[Wisdom]], [[Entrepreneurship]], [[Wealth]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/YannicKilcher ([[Artificial intelligence|AI]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/FallofCivilizationsPodcast (history, understanding the [[Monkey Brain]] through [[Vicarious learning - Software Engineering]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/mitocw ([[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown ([[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge]]) - https://www.youtube.com/c/DeepMind ([[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge]], [[Artificial intelligence|AI]])