Why YSK:
A lot of us watch educational YouTube videos and feel like we’re learning. But the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve shows that without any form of review, you lose about 70% of new information within a single day. After a week, you’re down to about 10-20%.This means that 2-hour deep dive on quantum physics or that finance explainer you watched last month? Or the midnight Wikipedia rabbit hole about atom bombs?
Most of it is gone. You might retain vibes but nothing else.Point is: passive watching isn’t learning. If a video is worth your time, it’s worth reviewing afterwards or at least applying.
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve
YSK: Watching a YouTube video once teaches you almost nothing. You forget 70% within 24 hours
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