A point on skimming vs taking the time to read something properly.
I read a transcript + summary of that exact talk. I thought it was fine, but uninteresting, I moved on.
Later I saw it had been put on youtube and I was on the train, so I watched the whole thing at normal speed. I had a huge number of different ideas, thoughts and decisions, sparked by watching the whole thing.
This happens to me in other areas too. Watching a conference talk in person is far more useful to me than watching it online with other distractions. Watching it online is more useful again than reading a summary.
Going for a walk to think about something deeply beats a 10 minute session to "solve" the problem and forget it.
Slower is usually better for thinking.
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