kalium comments on Beware technological wonderland, or, why text will dominate the future of communication and the Internet - Less Wrong

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Comment author: kalium 13 April 2014 08:14:58PM *  4 points [-]

Audio is easier to consume when full attention isn't available. It's not easy to read a book while driving, jogging, or knitting. I think that's enough to fully explain podcasts' popularity without any claim that audio is overall easier to consume than text for any substantial population.