alt Hacker NewsNoooo. Audio books feed you the content at someone else’s pace, not at your (slow) pace, which is exactly what TFA advocates. Or, what are you going to do? Hit Pause after each sentence so you can fully digest and savor it?
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An audiobook is bad if you want to go extra slow. I don't think I want to go that slow.
The article advocates not rushing. In general, that's a good fit for audiobooks.
The article literally says:
> limiting myself to mouth-speed
Audiobooks are mouth-speed.
The article suggests this is the right slow speed, at least for the author.
Maybe you yourself want even slower, but that's not what the article is suggesting.
Not each sentence but I do regularly pause and sometimes skip back in audiobooks, yes.
Use the playback speed settings, tough hitting pause every once in a while is also a good idea
Audible and most audiobook player apps let you control the speed. I usually listen at 1.25 to 1.5
Then just use 0.75 or 0.5x speed? I don't understand this question.
First of all, I don’t recommend going through life yucking someone else’s yum.
Second of all, I took TFA advice and read that article with the slowness and deliberate attention it recommended and found it to be trite and difficult to distinguish from AI slop… but if that’s what brings this person joy, good for them.
Who cares if the GP eats their cookies in one bite and listens to their audiobooks at 2.25x speed? Because one self help guru turned blogger said it’s a bad idea?
I hate audiobooks because they're way too slow and full of moods/tones that often contradict how I would have read it. I can't be the only one who thinks they're overindulgent and annoying.
I think a long drive in the car is complemented exceptionally well by audiobooks.
and audiobooks with really good narrators? the miles will melt away.
(I like Wil Wheaton)
(don't know about lotr oudiobooks)
(currently part way through we are legion read by ray porter)