I’m skeptical that performing other tasks while listening to a book doesn’t decrease how much material you retain all that much. Perhaps others don’t have this problem, but often if I’m listening to a book, and doing something as simple as housecleaning, I will often notice I wasn’t paying attention for the past x minutes, and need to rewind back to where I was. Depending on how good you are at noticing when you’re not paying attention, this may have a catastrophic effect on learning.
Agreed. Similarly, I can’t get away with not paying attention when reading, or I’ll have to reread. but I get away with that regularly while listening to podcasts.
I’m skeptical that performing other tasks while listening to a book doesn’t decrease how much material you retain all that much. Perhaps others don’t have this problem, but often if I’m listening to a book, and doing something as simple as housecleaning, I will often notice I wasn’t paying attention for the past x minutes, and need to rewind back to where I was. Depending on how good you are at noticing when you’re not paying attention, this may have a catastrophic effect on learning.
Agreed. Similarly, I can’t get away with not paying attention when reading, or I’ll have to reread. but I get away with that regularly while listening to podcasts.