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How many of you Nostriches listen to your podcasts and audio books at faster speeds? I'm looking for advice or recommendations on how much faster you can work up to and if you can retain high comprehension while listening at 3x speeds?
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Michael Anton Fischer 2y ago

I recommend against it for books. Podcasts are spontaneous so the information density is low. A well written book has as much density as a normal human can process.

So more than 1.5x you lose out.

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Michael R. Sullivan 2y ago

Do you think you could go much higher with podcasts? I've noticed that with hosts I know I can go even higher.

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Michael Anton Fischer 2y ago

Depends. If you are listening to me probably yes. If you are listening to somebody like Mark Friedrich, no chance.