#39 Knowledge transfer and time collapse

ByLukas
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Knowledge transfer always implies time collapse. Because learning an insight from someone else usually takes less long than figuring it out yourself.

Take books. The writer usually spent considerable time researching and distilling the topic and coming to good insights (time I might not be able to dedicate).

Thanks to that writer, I can now consume that knowledge in, say 6-12 hours of reading the book. A considerable time collapse…

But when does time collapse go to far?

Can I read a 1-page summary of that book and truly say I grasp the topic?

When your brain gets space to breathe, knowledge grows and nuance shows. It needs time and repeated exposure to absorb information, make connections, and discover new insights.

So a one-page summary isn’t necessarily too shallow… On the contrary: it collapses time so much that information becomes very dense.

What with the evolution towards short-form online content? The primary purpose of TikTok videos and Instagram reels might be to entertain, but the trend is clear and spills over into education, our attention span, and knowledge transfer: shorter, more shallow, yet more dense.

Too little time collapse and we can’t make progress.
Too much time collapse and knowledge collapses with it.

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