I held a similar view many years ago, applied to all media and religiously motivated. I believed pleasure was sinful. My views and beliefs have since changed. Why do you make this recommendation?
Certainly not due to religion I can tell you that much.
Most podcasts are simply brain-rot. They aren’t even entertainment any more, they’re just zombification at this point.
This constant need to be entertained by something is ruining people’s aptitude for their own thinking minds. Listening to podcasts seems to be a way for people to absorb WHAT to think, instead of HOW to think. Nobody I’ve seen who listens to these podcasts does so with a critical mind, because a podcast doesn’t converse back. They listen to podcasts to be told what to think about a subject, so they can regurgitate it later.
I appreciate your view and I think I probably agree with you. I work a manual labor job and I’m alone most of the time. I listen to many audiobooks on Libby and many podcasts. I’ve noticed over the past several months my thinking getting more muddled, almost like there’s just too much information in my skull. I’ve started to build audio breaks in my week where I go a day or two without consuming anything with earbuds. I feel better. On info diet days my mind wanders, I’m able to think about things more carefully, my workflow is more organized, and I think more about the people in my life.
Interesting, I’ve stopped listening to more than one podcast where the premise is “I learned about this thing and I’m telling you about it” when the podcasters got something wrong, got called out on it, and said “I’m not an expert, you shouldn’t be talking me seriously.” I’ve come to accept that podcasts are for entertainment only, and even if you think they seem well-researched, assume nothing you hear is true.
I’d recommend not listening to podcasts unless you’re specifically learning something.
I held a similar view many years ago, applied to all media and religiously motivated. I believed pleasure was sinful. My views and beliefs have since changed. Why do you make this recommendation?
Certainly not due to religion I can tell you that much.
Most podcasts are simply brain-rot. They aren’t even entertainment any more, they’re just zombification at this point.
This constant need to be entertained by something is ruining people’s aptitude for their own thinking minds. Listening to podcasts seems to be a way for people to absorb WHAT to think, instead of HOW to think. Nobody I’ve seen who listens to these podcasts does so with a critical mind, because a podcast doesn’t converse back. They listen to podcasts to be told what to think about a subject, so they can regurgitate it later.
I appreciate your view and I think I probably agree with you. I work a manual labor job and I’m alone most of the time. I listen to many audiobooks on Libby and many podcasts. I’ve noticed over the past several months my thinking getting more muddled, almost like there’s just too much information in my skull. I’ve started to build audio breaks in my week where I go a day or two without consuming anything with earbuds. I feel better. On info diet days my mind wanders, I’m able to think about things more carefully, my workflow is more organized, and I think more about the people in my life.
I’d recommend not posting on the internet unless you’re saying something helpful
Being unable to recognize helpful advice, doesn’t mean I’m not being helpful.
Interesting, I’ve stopped listening to more than one podcast where the premise is “I learned about this thing and I’m telling you about it” when the podcasters got something wrong, got called out on it, and said “I’m not an expert, you shouldn’t be talking me seriously.” I’ve come to accept that podcasts are for entertainment only, and even if you think they seem well-researched, assume nothing you hear is true.
Always nice when people say something helpful.
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