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'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Re: 'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Post by gtvwill »

tgv wrote: post #19
gtvwill wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He who controls the spice controls the universe. Honestly can't wait. Feed me info in dopamine adjusted methods. My spicy meatball brain finds old methods boring af and an absolute chore. Can learn at 10x with the new ways. Much like the meme watch a 4hr movie in one go? Meh. Feed me a 10 hour movie in 14 40ish min episodes? Hell yeah! Education needs to strap itself in and get with the times. No point holding onto t…

I don't think there's much evidence you'll learn a lot that way, and certainly not 10 times as much as someone who hasn't been turned into a "spicy meatball" by a social media addiction. > Give em 30 to 60 small clips of high interest action! That's such a glib remark. How do you propose to make 30 to 60 small clips per teaching hour? There's over 1200 of those per year. Shortest path through school is 12 years. Good…

I was a spicy meatball before social media even existed.

It's why it took me 7 years to complete the last 30% of my two degrees. I got bored and went and worked full time in heavy industry. Pretty sure I had adhd well before I even started uni. Fairly sure I was born with it rather than it being a learned condition.

Also Im not sure if the shortest path through school is the goal either. I'm in my late 30s now and I still learn new things every day and still regularly consume education materials every week. I don't ever plan to stop. How arrogant must you be to think you should stop learning once school is over? Hell I've learnt stuff post school that other students learnt in school. I studied business they studied science.

I've done a huge amount of learning in trades and honestly 60 second videos have taught me over a few cumulative hours as many tricks as a decade in construction has.

On the job you only learn what your exposed to and what the people around you know. 60 second videos from anyone anywhere can literally teach me anything because it's not limited to just who I am able to be exposed to now in this minute today.

Hell I've learnt skills from shorts fellas who have spent decades in industries haven't learnt. Stuff that's valuable and saves time. It's all about exposure. Expose yourself to more, learn more. Lectures are slow and exposure is limited when it's just you and whoever the education source deemed suitable to be your teacher.

Re: 'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Post by rnewme »

jumpoddly wrote: post #37
rnewme wrote: post #24

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Is this snark or based on actual data? Is there relevant research? I would logically assume person would just zone out and retention would be nil

Is there relevant research? For torture?! The gp is referencing a famous scene from Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of A Clockwork Orange.

After learning about nazi torture experiment camps, Japanese torture experiment camps, American torture tests on own citizens etc, yea, I would sadly expect that there is a body of knowledge on the topic :/

Thank you for elaborating on the reference, I still haven't had the chance to see that movie

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Post by GeoAtreides »

llm_trw wrote: post #20
cullumsmith wrote: post #15

There is a small segment of parents who completely prevent their children from accessing these brainrot platforms. Usually these kids are in homeschool groups with other like-minded families, with no phones or screen time. I often wonder if this cohort will be the future elite class, or if they will be so incompatible with their peers that they'll end up forming insular communities amongst themselves (like the Amish)…

Remember the kids who weren't allowed to watch television in the 80s and 90s? It's them all over again.

oh my god, it's always the same thing

Socrate-the-youths this, television that

No, social media is not like anything else before it. Algorithmic informational hoses are not like television and the harm they do is not like whatever Socrates complained 2500 or so years ago.

Can we try to at least have a normal discussion without repeating the same tired platitudes over and over again

Re: 'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Post by llm_trw »

GeoAtreides wrote: post #44
llm_trw wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember the kids who weren't allowed to watch television in the 80s and 90s? It's them all over again.

oh my god, it's always the same thing Socrate-the-youths this, television that No, social media is not like anything else before it. Algorithmic informational hoses are not like television and the harm they do is not like whatever Socrates complained 2500 or so years ago. Can we try to at least have a normal discussion without repeating the same tired platitudes over and over again

We could, but you're just repeating what everyone from a previous generation said about the next generations preferred entertainment medium.

Also Socrates wasn't the one complaining, he was the one killed by those doing the complaining. A simple mistake to make when one is looking for reasons to do the same.

Re: 'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Post by greatgib »

Perfect trend on our speedway run to Idiocracy...

I guess it is just lacking having students drinking Gatorade at the same time that they "PDF to brainrot" study to ensure that they will be well educated. Because, as you know, "it gots electrolytes"...

Re: 'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Post by schwartzworld »

I am going to go against the grain and say I think these sound great. Reading isn’t that easy for everybody, judging by the large numbers of adults I know who consume audiobooks over print/kindle. Sure, it sounds worse to have your information come as brainrot, but it will probably help lots of students. Reminds me of when I was a kid and you’d see newspaper articles about how note taking by hand is more effective than using a computer (it’s not).

As to the videos, as an adhd kid who studied with the tv on, I guess I just don’t see the problem.

Re: 'PDF to Brainrot' study tools are an iteration on a TikTok trend

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Post by whythre »

GeoAtreides wrote: post #44
llm_trw wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remember the kids who weren't allowed to watch television in the 80s and 90s? It's them all over again.

oh my god, it's always the same thing Socrate-the-youths this, television that No, social media is not like anything else before it. Algorithmic informational hoses are not like television and the harm they do is not like whatever Socrates complained 2500 or so years ago. Can we try to at least have a normal discussion without repeating the same tired platitudes over and over again

American TikTok is literally a hyper addictive platform purpose built by the CCP to devour attention, waste time and sow division. It is not the same as television. Its widespread influence is a complete disaster for a healthy republic.

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Post by whythre »

j4hdufd8 wrote: post #14
notTooFarGone wrote: post #10

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gl getting developers for high complexity products or experts in general in the future with less and less attention spans and frustration tolerance.

Implying these study apps will reduce attention spans and tolerance to frustration?

Implying that everyone in the future will be incapable of sustaining a thought beyond 15 seconds; it’s not just the study apps, but yeah.

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Post by flessner »

whythre wrote: post #48
GeoAtreides wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

oh my god, it's always the same thing Socrate-the-youths this, television that No, social media is not like anything else before it. Algorithmic informational hoses are not like television and the harm they do is not like whatever Socrates complained 2500 or so years ago. Can we try to at least have a normal discussion without repeating the same tired platitudes over and over again

American TikTok is literally a hyper addictive platform purpose built by the CCP to devour attention, waste time and sow division. It is not the same as television. Its widespread influence is a complete disaster for a healthy republic.

How does that explanation work when Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are trying to do exactly the same?
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