I can't watch Leo's videos any longer (too long)

[hundreth]

This thread might not fit here, as it's not specifically a video request but I couldn't find a more appropriate place for it.

I can't really watch Leo's videos any longer. They're too long to be digestible or enjoyable. 

I understand Leo's perspective that deeper topics require more nuance, information and time to learn - such as in academics. I have no issue with that. But even in an academic setting, lectures are limited to an hour or so. If you had a professor lecturing on for 3 hours straight non stop, it wouldn't be especially effective. There is a phenomena known as information overload. It is very real. 

To make matters worse, it doesn't seem like Leo plans his videos as an academic lecturer would. They have become more stream of consciousness rants. Often, they are repetitive and meander. 

This is really meant to be constructive criticism and I hope it is received as much, as I believe Leo has valuable insights.

My suggestions would be:

• Keep videos shorter (less than 1 hr, ideally even 30-40 minutes)
• If topics require more in depth coverage, split them up into parts or sub-topics
• Have more of a structured outline for what you want to cover

 

Here is an example of a video which adheres to some of these principles and does a good job. Ignore the cheesy thumbnail. It is in a completely different domain, but the creator is going over a very advanced topic and consolidating a lot of information into digestible bits. Sprinkled in with humor and visualizations of bullet points to help process. When there is a rabbit hole to dive deeper into, he references another video or resource. It's just easy to digest.

Anyways, take care.

[Yimpa]

There is a reason why his older videos were shorter:

 

[hundreth]

43 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

There is a reason why his older videos were shorter:

 

I didn't really get anything out of the thread you sent. What were you trying to say the reason was? That the videos were about more "practical" matters? I think it's less about the subject and more about the flow of information.

[Yimpa]

3 minutes ago, hundreth said:

That the videos were about more "practical" matters? I think it's less about the subject and more about the flow of information

This is a great point that can be contemplated on for hours.

[integral]

3 hours of watching Leo’s video goes by so fast it doesn’t occur to me, it’s effortless.

Watching that video you just sent me was exhausting, because no real effort was put into it. It’s regurgitated information that I’ve heard 1000 times.

[Yimpa]

2 minutes ago, integral said:

Watching that video you just sent me was exhausting, because no real effort was put into it. It’s regurgitated information that I’ve heard 1000 times.

Indeed; even Leo’s content becomes pail in comparison.

And that’s putting the person above the Elephant.

[Princess Arabia]

4 hours ago, hundreth said:

If topics require more in depth coverage, split them up into parts or sub-topics

This solves your own dilemma. Split up his videos and watch them in parts. 3hr videos can be split into 3 parts an 1hr each part. A regular movie isn't that much shorter and isn't a problem if interested and if a priority.

[Princess Arabia]

That video bored me in 2mins because it's not my interest or thing. Plus, his muscles hurt looking at them. That's just me. 

[hundreth]

Obviously you aren't interested in the domain of the video I sent lol. That's not the point. Neither is the point whether you knew the information in it already or not. The main idea is how he structured it. 

1 hour ago, Princess Arabia said:

This solves your own dilemma. Split up his videos and watch them in parts. 3hr videos can be split into 3 parts an 1hr each part. A regular movie isn't that much shorter and isn't a problem if interested and if a priority.

Splitting Leo's videos into parts isn't the same thing because a video has structure to it. There's an intro, and eventually some closure. A 3 hour stream of consciousness from Leo isn't as easily broken apart. Where do you do the cut? I don't have to time to go through Leo's 3 hour videos and try to parse out stopping points. 

Anyways this is just my feedback. 

[LastThursday]

@hundreth you're right in some sense.

But, if you take a big book you don't read the whole lot in one sitting, you take breaks, maybe read a bit every day, stopping at points that feel natural to you. There's nothing to stop you doing that with Leo's long videos, and that would give you time to digest what he's on about. Me personally, it can take me weeks to watch an entire video.

Although I agree, even a novel has chapters even if it's a rambling one. So even basic chapter markers or upfront summary of everything that's going to be covered or some list of "contents" would orient the watcher better and give them natural break points.

I'm pretty sure Leo has some autocued notes that he relies on, so that implies that he does have some structure himself in his videos.

[Yimpa]

Consider that every minute of even just one video contains a whole library of insights in them.