As technology evolves, the speed at which information is transferred between two individuals tends to increase. No tech: - The slowest form is [[Tradition]], an emergent form of information transfer. - In-person speech, faster than tradition. Low tech: - Writing and reading, optimal for preserving detailed information for long periods of time. Information transfer through mail. High tech: - Radio - ability to transfer speech - Internet - ability to transfer video and audio, conveying the full spectrum of body language communication. Much faster than reading. With the emergence of mainstream AI tools, you could extrapolate linearly and predict an increase in the speed of communication. **However**, people started building AI-powered video-publishing pipelines that can take a single sentence of information and bloat it up into an entire 4-10 minute video with useless filler content to boost watchtime - a major metric that video recommendation algorithms focus on. In that case, viewers need to use the same tools to debloat the video and get the central idea that was originally embedded in it, making the entire process much slower than reading. #idea