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The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by hnick »

grawprog wrote: post #83

Maybe I'm just one of those odd ones, as much as I love all the knowledge and learning videos on youtube and I can't deny I've learned a lot from them. But, they seem to have replaced the written tutorial or instructions for a lot of things. I'm one of those people, I learn better through reading. I learn alright through youtube videos, but I find I retain knowledge better through written descriptions and pictures. I…

I prefer reading too. The main reason is I get distracted easily but music distracts that part of my brain a little so I can focus. I can't do that with videos. And like you, things stick when I see them written down in a way that they don't when I hear them. Write your name for me and I'll remember it forever - tell me and it's gone in 2 minutes.

Skimming is also much harder with videos than text. I can take a whole page in at once instantly to know what it's about, but I need longer on a video to gather the context. Skipping ahead is all or nothing on videos, whereas with text I can glance over the sections I skim past to see if it's stuff I know but with a few new tips thrown in.

I will say though, YouTube definitely wins for practical hands-on videos for me. Cooking, replacing mirrors/handles on a car, making a table. It's enabled me to do a lot of repairs and I've become much better at cooking. I'm not sure written guides would've brought me as far.

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Post by psychomugs »

spaetzleesser wrote: post #5

I think it also has a huge effect on sports. Especially the ones that aren’t on TV. When I did martial arts in the 90s it was super hard to find recordings of good Muay Thai or kickboxing fights. So you had to figure out things for yourself very slowly instead of seeing how the world class guys do it. Today’s youth can watch the best in the sport from all history and learn things way faster. So I expect the next gene…

This has been extremely pronounced with skateboarding. Technical tricks that used to take years to land are now being done effortlessly by kids filming throwaway clips shot vertically on their phones.

Rodney Mullen, the godfather of basically every trick that involves jumping up and flipping the board and landing on it, has a great TED Talk on epistemology in skateboarding [1]. The biggest block is often just to see proof that something can be done. He also draws apt comparisons with the open source community. Interestingly, he apparently invented a lot of his tricks in isolation on a farm; some genius thrives in the woodshed.

Thinking in McLuhanisms, these new mediums have undoubtedly extended epistemology in very revolutionary ways, but it's definitely amputated them as well. The dime-a-dozen landscape and portrait photos that are nigh indistinguishable, the wild west of the content treadmill economy, and the anxiety of influencers [2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVO-MfIl1Q

[2] https://harpers.org/archive/2021/06/tiktok-house-collab-hous...

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by random_ind_dude »

GuB-42 wrote: post #91
dfxm12 wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you're an odd one. YT has many disadvantages compared to written instructions, especially when it comes to coding. Just off the top of my head, YT has uneven video quality & when you pause videos, there's a bunch of stuff that obscures the video. So, it's hard to read text from a video, or even see something really specific (and maybe tacit) at times. YT also doesn't allow for notes, no way to easy make…

> when you pause videos, there's a bunch of stuff that obscures the video I really hate the YouTube app for that. Where did they get the idea that it is a good thing? And it is not even an attempt at monetization, they don't show ads, they still do it on premium, they just make it hard for you to see what's on screen.

After you pause the video, you can tap the screen to hide the controls. Tap again to display the controls.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by paulryanrogers »

beerandt wrote: post #120
paulryanrogers wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My guess is screen capture and free video hosting has made the documenting process easier than screen shots and carefully described steps.

But it's so hard to skim to even see if it's relevant. Like so many "fix" videos are actually just basic setup and settings. But you don't know that until you've watched most of the video. If it were typed and screenshoted, you could figure that out in seconds. Which is too say- the ambiguity benefits creators who make lower quality content, because you have to watch so much to even make that determination.

Agreed, the outcome is often worse than carefully written and unpadded instructions. Incentives are powerful and creators are motivated by the monetary gain.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by spaetzleesser »

psychomugs wrote: post #132
spaetzleesser wrote: post #5

I think it also has a huge effect on sports. Especially the ones that aren’t on TV. When I did martial arts in the 90s it was super hard to find recordings of good Muay Thai or kickboxing fights. So you had to figure out things for yourself very slowly instead of seeing how the world class guys do it. Today’s youth can watch the best in the sport from all history and learn things way faster. So I expect the next gene…

This has been extremely pronounced with skateboarding. Technical tricks that used to take years to land are now being done effortlessly by kids filming throwaway clips shot vertically on their phones. Rodney Mullen, the godfather of basically every trick that involves jumping up and flipping the board and landing on it, has a great TED Talk on epistemology in skateboarding [1]. The biggest block is often just to see…

" The biggest block is often just to see proof that something can be done. "

This is super important in most sports. It's really hard to know if you are just doing it wrong or it's just not possible. Only the super talented can break through that. Most others need some guidance.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by spaetzleesser »

huge87 wrote: post #71
spaetzleesser wrote: post #5

I think it also has a huge effect on sports. Especially the ones that aren’t on TV. When I did martial arts in the 90s it was super hard to find recordings of good Muay Thai or kickboxing fights. So you had to figure out things for yourself very slowly instead of seeing how the world class guys do it. Today’s youth can watch the best in the sport from all history and learn things way faster. So I expect the next gene…

I'm learning how to drive a Porsche 911 cup car in sim. There's this guy on YouTube who races the car in both real life and iRacing, and he explains how he drives the car fast in both contexts. His insights probably saved me a lot of work of figuring it out myself.

I think that's one of the reasons why F1 drivers are getting younger and younger. The games prepare them for the rhythm and a lot of other things you encounter with real cars. I remember first time I drove a really fast car on the track I had massive problems getting used to the brake distances and the rapid shifting. If you drive the car in a game you are already prepared for the basics.

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Post by imranq »

drumttocs8 wrote: post #95
Workaccount2 wrote: post #37

I am essentially a self-taught EE thanks to the internet. There is no shortage of engineers posting educational content, and no shortage of extremely knowledgeable engineers willing to directly help you with problems. I've done dozens of projects and even brought one to market. I guess the flipside, in my experience it doesn't count as anything in the professional world. Since I back doored engineering, I am currentl…

As a college-educated engineer, I guarantee that you learned much more than I ever did during my formal training. The only useful things I've learned for my job was learned after college, when I actually had to know stuff to be successful! With that said, if you really like engineering, you can eventually get the PE with enough years' experience and get that pay increase. It may be worth it to you.

You might have learned more in college than you suspect ... its hard to compare knowledge states before and after

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by XCSme »

xNeil wrote: post #58
XCSme wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not only that, but for example for table tennis there are hundreds of high-quality teachers showing you the basics of the sport, sharing tips on how to get better, giving you professional advice on how to train and much more. It is a lot easier nowadays to go from completely new to decent or even "good" in a specific domain by following some simple visual instructions.

Any channels you might recommend?

For table tennis? There's so many:

PingSkills: https://www.youtube.com/user/pingskills

Tom Lodziak: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqHc12tVGhzBtlMUq7MR7wA

PingSunday: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnSKFBegbrmsimjnC9p-G...

Coach Lin: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChW6mCKAPsYIEYnH5jnkCyw

And many more that them have very good and useful content.

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by hichamino »

scrollaway wrote: post #115
hichamino wrote: post #114

Any youtube channels for home exersices . The biggest downside of youtube is the vast number of contenent. Any suggestions ?

Fitness Blender is pretty nice. They have a website as well which lets you filter their videos.

Thank you brother

Re: The YouTube revolution in knowledge transfer (2019)

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Post by Austin_Conlon »

varrock wrote: post #19
spaetzleesser wrote: post #5

I think it also has a huge effect on sports. Especially the ones that aren’t on TV. When I did martial arts in the 90s it was super hard to find recordings of good Muay Thai or kickboxing fights. So you had to figure out things for yourself very slowly instead of seeing how the world class guys do it. Today’s youth can watch the best in the sport from all history and learn things way faster. So I expect the next gene…

Also, the ability to observe professional athletes in high definition. When I was first getting into tennis, I found it incredibly useful to see the best in the world practicing 4k 60fps [0]. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMa5xHfJlBg

And for tennis in particular, the court level angle especially shows just how good these players are. There was an Isner vs. Djokovic court level video that's now taken down (the full quality version), and seeing up close the speed at which Djokovic would change directions and return one of the biggest serves was astounding.
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