Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
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Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#2This is not an objective argument, if you were expecting one based on the title. The author is making this claim as "an antisocial autistic person".
> I can't bring myself to understand the importance for such things (if it even exists.) Communication is about the exchange of information, not superfluous nonsense that contains hardly any relevance to it.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#3Yeah, I watched a 45 minute video and listened to an hour podcast arguing the same.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#4I think that the author is a little mixed up and is /actually/ saying that 'Reading is Objectively Superior to Listening as a Communication Method'.
Writing != Reading and as someone building an app powered by dictation that turns speech into text for the reader to consume... speaking is fast, reliable and powerful and reading is fast, reliable and powerful.
On the other hand typing (especially on mobile, but even on desktop) doesn't share these qualities nearly as much in the general populace, even if some of us are good at it -- and hand-writing is even worse (although it's arguably a more powerful communication method).
Listening is also pretty bad and you can see for example Matter's recent release of podcast transcription as a great example of making things easy to consume and easy to produce.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#5Personally I like how rewarding it is to convey jokes in writing. The spoken word has too many giveaways that make understanding a joke a simple children’s game but with writing only the most highly educated can traffic in humor, its nuances both secreted away and sat in plain sight for those of generous intellect. One can know they’ve truly arrived at greatness when their friends stop calling.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#6A corollary is that text is better than video as well. Possibly not for entertainment, for for education, I find text infinitely preferable - much easier to scan forward and back as required.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#7In this day and age, anyone who doesn't take steps to hide their identity online is quite likely an NPC with no original thoughts and thus no reason to worry about ever experiencing negative consequences from expressing themselves. A normie tosser trumpeting their lack of need to hide their personal information online is the intellectual equivalent of a homeless person bragging about not having any need for a bank account or a wallet.
Or the person using his or her own real name makes a living as a pundit and does not to have to worry about negative consequences. A lot of people on twitter and substack make a living and use real names and this does not preclude them from having original and or controversial ideas.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#8It is if you're a smart person. The bottom 70% of the IQ range has a really hard time with fast reading comprehension. Even people in white collar jobs. It's not something people admit, they even hide it, but it's something you can't help but notice.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#9I think that the author is a little mixed up and is /actually/ saying that 'Reading is Objectively Superior to Listening as a Communication Method'. Writing != Reading and as someone building an app powered by dictation that turns speech into text for the reader to consume... speaking is fast, reliable and powerful and reading is fast, reliable and powerful. On the other hand typing (especially on mobile, but even on…
listening is good for multitasking . both formats have pros and cons. you can listen to a book in the car for example.
Re: Writing Is Objectively Superior to Speaking as a Communication Method (2020)
#10now try explaining your programming problem to:
- a person on IRC/slack/the comment section of a pull request
- that same person on a voice connection.
and see which one leads to incoherent rage faster.