VipulNaik 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: VipulNaik 13 April 2014 08:45:12PM *  2 points [-]

On the claim:

spending the bulk of the day in video/voice conversations is a lot more fatiguing than spending it using text-based communication.

It seems that I was wrong.

The following sources contradict me: http://calorielab.com/burned/?mo=se&gr=09&ti=miscellaneous+activities&q=&wt=150&un=lb&kg=68 and http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/Calories_Burned/

Some random Internet comments corroborate me. For instance, scott preston writes at http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/03/stephan-spencer-seo-future-search.html: "In fact speaking takes a lot more energy to than typing does."

I'll look this up more and update if I find more reliable information.

Comment author: benkuhn 13 April 2014 09:20:27PM 4 points [-]

I would expect the relevant factor to be mental, not physical, exertion. Unfortunately that's a lot harder to measure.

Comment author: VipulNaik 13 April 2014 09:41:06PM 1 point [-]

btw, I think I can both talk and type for far longer durations than the median world resident. But my typing stamina may be substantially greater than my talking stamina, so I may be expressing typical mind fallacy in the proportional angle.