On Sunday I went to the bookstore and read the back cover of at least 10 books. Now, thanks to today’s bro, I know that I have actually "read" the 20 books. 30 books read in one hour, I am so productive! (And excellent at math and consistency and honesty truth!) 😎
I totally agree - I've watched a whole bunch of these 'productivity' videos (from this guy & far worse offenders), and they get really dismal really fast.
I went over to Ali Abdaal's video, not to watch it but to read the comments (it's the same thing really, innit?) and there are lots of negative comments or joking comments about his video amidst the praise from his acolytes... I guess a lot of the self-help books he 'reads' could be summed up in a page, they are mostly an idea surrounded with a lot of unnecessary fluff. I've seen 300 movies this year...well, I've watched the trailers so that counts, right? Great exposé, Steve.
Audiobooks are not effortlessly, I love audio as it allows me to enjoy reading while commuting, or crafting. As for making reading effortless, if you enjoy reading it should be effortless. Loved this Steve, I didn't watch the original video but I can say with 100% certainly that this video is far superior!
Now I can say I watched Ali Abdaal's video. Actually, I heard about it from some guy on UA-cam, but I consider that the same thing. Or just as good, if not better. ☺
The thing about Ali Abdel that I don't get is why he's trying to save so much time. All he does is work. Why save time from work to work. Is that really what his Bro followers want? To just work every minute of everyday? To always be hustling for ways to make money every waking minute? That ain't livin' and spending your 20s and 30s working every minute sounds like a nightmare for which no amount of money or social media fame could compensate.
Yes - "grinding" becomes an end in itself - in the videos, that is. In off-camera reality, these grifters spend 15 hours a day zoned off their asses next to their hookahs. Particularly the 'fitness' influencers, who make "rise and grind" videos every week & live off-camera lives that would make Nero blush with shame.
Ursula Leguin was quite timeless in her essay Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons, in the statement that particularly puritanical ideals mean we are socialized to only value spending our time on what can be monetized, and shun anything done for enjoyment.
Oh, I just listened to his video on why he left medicine and why he's going back. Basically be doesn't like being just another cog in the machine, but thinks he brings more value with his UA-cam videos. I can't roll my eyes any further back in my head. He's thinking he wants to go back to working part time. He only was 2 years out of uni and a junior doctor. He'd make so much more money on UA-cam than heEver would being a doctor. One of the headlines on his videos is him making 100k a month...
Yes, I've since watched that video, and it really saddened me. If there's a better example of social media just completely screwing up a young person's priorities, I don't know it.
That said this trend of lying being completely fine as long as you can mask it in nice words as clock bait, that goes for media too, is incredibly dangerous. Thank you for making these.
It's one of Peterson's rules! Treat every person as if they know something you don't - not "as if they're an independent living being with worth and life experiences," but "you will be assimilated"!
Your analysis of this poor deluded chaps video made me chuckle. Certainly reading Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (or indeed any novel of merit) is NOT the same as reading someone's filtered viewpoint without the nuances of the authors penmanship. Not to mention the other holes in his hypotheses! Thanks Steve, for speaking out on behalf of keen readers everywhere!
This was exactly my own worry! If you've made many videos proudly touting your willingness to cut corners and lie about it, I really don't want you performing my heart transplant ...
His bookshelf include: "How to become millionaire by the age of 30" "Dropout and get schooled" "Mastering the art of making money" "Earn while you sleep" "Ten ways to read fast" "How to make money on youtube" "4 hour work week"
I’m changing my channel name to The Reading Dude on UA-cam. My tag line will be “Reading so you don’t have to” and I’ll get a few thousand subscribers.
I'm horrified that i agreed with one point, making notes on what you are reading! I need to go lie down to recover. Brodom has been "Steved" again. Hooray.
Great video. Lies are bad! I’ve watched a few videos of his and they are full of exaggeration and weird statements like the concept that reading a summary = reading the book. Basically if we’ve read 1000 blurbs we’ve read 1000 books! Yay! Oh no wait, that’s utter garbage. I enjoyed this response video though.
Yeah, reading is definitely not effortless and who would want it to be? It's the effort that provides the reward. It's true that many of us like audio books, but I bet I'm in the majority when we say we like them because they extend the pleasure of reading, rather than allow us to avoid it somehow. Ali Abdaal is a medical doctor, I believe. The few videos I've watched of him seem to me of someone trying to work their way out of the medical profession and into the UA-cam profession. The larger implications for this if multiplied at the societal level are a little chilling. Is it true that there are a bunch of dissatisfied medical professionals looking to break into the realm of video producing?
The number that scares me the most in a video titled “how I read 1000 books a year” in which the first thing the blogger says is “so I only fully read 20-30 books per year” is that he has almost 3 million subscribers
Strong Bro-Tube recommendation: Alex Becker’s Channel - representative of this world’s most extreme ascetic fringe. If there was ever anyone expressly made to be the subject of a Steve Donogue video…
Good Gawd, I just watched three of his videos, and I'm speechless. What a gross, manipulative buffoon. Luckily for me, he never seems to talk about books (or even know what they are) ...
In your channel reading is the goal in itself. Ali Abdaal's goal is completely different and reading is one of the ways of becoming one of those billionaire gurus. We are talking oranges and bananas here. Just stop paying attention to the UA-cam algorithm
@@saintdonoghue UA-cam introduced me to your channel while looking for a Kindle of all things. Yes, sometimes the algorithm does a good job, I'll give you that
I've read on the comment section that HE IS WRITING A BOOK. Isn't it something? Maybe Short Form asked him to write it to have it there, and he is perfectly ok with no one reading it, or reading only a summary, or reading a blog post about it. The audacity of these people is mindblowing. They 'read' crappy books, they promote crappy books, they write crappy books and they avoid reading books at all cost. 🤦♀️
lol - he actually became famous with his "how to get into (Oxbridge) med school" videos and "one day in the life of a doctor" series. He no longer works as a doctor, unfortunately.
He would certainly say his "book club" concentrates on the 30 or so books he decides to read "properly." But if somebody - even a self-professed millionaire - is willing to shell out money to have books summarized for him, I'm not going to credit that he ever actually reads anything "properly." It's so obvious from his videos: actual reading is something he expects his EMPLOYEES to do.
Steve I would like you to start a new series called feminist-watch where you destroy sexist misandrist homophobic navel gazing grifter feminist which is easy because sadly there not hard to find you can find them everywhere on UA-cam
Well, as you know, lots and lots of people obviously still take literary awards seriously, including bookstores and libraries. So the idea of non-readers shaping that landscape bothers me, even though you're certainly right that a few of them have always been there.
Steve, are you telling me that by simply having watched so many of your videos where you describe a pile of new-releases, I have not in fact "read" all those books? Huh. Guess I'll have to edit my Goodreads total for this year then. The absolute gall of this cockwomble though: first he tries to say that he sees someone declaring that they have completed reading books in their entirety as a form of showy, peacocking by those who merely want to be seen to reading (okay, fine) but then goes on to say that he's one of the most followed/friended people on Goodreads and hopes to scale that list in the near future? Does he even hear the ridiculousness coming out of his stupid face? I think I might have to go set fire to my head after that. But first I need to go scan the blurb of a few Russian epic tomes, so I can add them to my list of books read on Goodreads. (Gotta try and up that social capital, amirite?) Yikes.
On Sunday I went to the bookstore and read the back cover of at least 10 books. Now, thanks to today’s bro, I know that I have actually "read" the 20 books. 30 books read in one hour, I am so productive! (And excellent at math and consistency and honesty truth!) 😎
lmao! Love it. So productive! Did you feel the osmosis occurring?
@@jayv3264 It’s been a while, but I am sure I did. 😁
Self-help books seem to be his favorite. The guy spends so much time finding ways to be productive that so much time is wasted.
Yeah, I think the pursuit of productivity can become a really dismal cycle.
I totally agree - I've watched a whole bunch of these 'productivity' videos (from this guy & far worse offenders), and they get really dismal really fast.
I watch Steve talk about thousands of books all the time, so by extension, it means that I have also read all those books.. 😂
And all without an affiliate link!
Thank you for giving Baywatch the love it so deserves!
I went over to Ali Abdaal's video, not to watch it but to read the comments (it's the same thing really, innit?) and there are lots of negative comments or joking comments about his video amidst the praise from his acolytes... I guess a lot of the self-help books he 'reads' could be summed up in a page, they are mostly an idea surrounded with a lot of unnecessary fluff.
I've seen 300 movies this year...well, I've watched the trailers so that counts, right?
Great exposé, Steve.
Audiobooks are not effortlessly, I love audio as it allows me to enjoy reading while commuting, or crafting.
As for making reading effortless, if you enjoy reading it should be effortless.
Loved this Steve, I didn't watch the original video but I can say with 100% certainly that this video is far superior!
Hilarious! I’m rolling on the floor. I appreciate your protecting the love of most of the communities lives, Books! Aloha
Forget Short Form why not just read the Wikipedia summary. It’s free.
Now I can say I watched Ali Abdaal's video. Actually, I heard about it from some guy on UA-cam, but I consider that the same thing. Or just as good, if not better. ☺
apparently I've watched this video, but I got halfway before stopping his video. this was much better than the 4 minutes I watched whenever it was
The thing about Ali Abdel that I don't get is why he's trying to save so much time. All he does is work. Why save time from work to work. Is that really what his Bro followers want? To just work every minute of everyday? To always be hustling for ways to make money every waking minute? That ain't livin' and spending your 20s and 30s working every minute sounds like a nightmare for which no amount of money or social media fame could compensate.
Yes - "grinding" becomes an end in itself - in the videos, that is. In off-camera reality, these grifters spend 15 hours a day zoned off their asses next to their hookahs. Particularly the 'fitness' influencers, who make "rise and grind" videos every week & live off-camera lives that would make Nero blush with shame.
Ursula Leguin was quite timeless in her essay Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons, in the statement that particularly puritanical ideals mean we are socialized to only value spending our time on what can be monetized, and shun anything done for enjoyment.
Oh, I just listened to his video on why he left medicine and why he's going back. Basically be doesn't like being just another cog in the machine, but thinks he brings more value with his UA-cam videos. I can't roll my eyes any further back in my head. He's thinking he wants to go back to working part time. He only was 2 years out of uni and a junior doctor.
He'd make so much more money on UA-cam than heEver would being a doctor. One of the headlines on his videos is him making 100k a month...
Yes, I've since watched that video, and it really saddened me. If there's a better example of social media just completely screwing up a young person's priorities, I don't know it.
🎼 12K-yay is on its way! 🎶🎵 12K-yay is on its way! 🎵🎶
Bite your tongue, you troublemaker! NooOOOOOO!
That said this trend of lying being completely fine as long as you can mask it in nice words as clock bait, that goes for media too, is incredibly dangerous. Thank you for making these.
Just reading the title gave me anxiety ha. Great video
I think the #3 quote is true if he’s talking about other bro-tube books. The blog post summary is probably the same as reading the book.
Can we assume that the bro-dudes also view a human being’s worth only by what they can extract from them?
It's one of Peterson's rules! Treat every person as if they know something you don't - not "as if they're an independent living being with worth and life experiences," but "you will be assimilated"!
Your analysis of this poor deluded chaps video made me chuckle. Certainly reading Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (or indeed any novel of merit) is NOT the same as reading someone's filtered viewpoint without the nuances of the authors penmanship. Not to mention the other holes in his hypotheses! Thanks Steve, for speaking out on behalf of keen readers everywhere!
Another Bro-Watch, this can only mean that soon we'll have a 12 yeah Q&A.
Nooooo! Unlike other UA-camrs, I'm saying "DON'T share this video far & wide"!
Should I be worried that he’s a Doctor? I hope he didn’t shortform his textbooks.
This was exactly my own worry! If you've made many videos proudly touting your willingness to cut corners and lie about it, I really don't want you performing my heart transplant ...
@@saintdonoghue however if he was my Doctor I would definitely ask, ‘if he’s finished any books recently’ every time I visited.
His bookshelf include:
"How to become millionaire by the age of 30"
"Dropout and get schooled"
"Mastering the art of making money"
"Earn while you sleep"
"Ten ways to read fast"
"How to make money on youtube"
"4 hour work week"
That sound you heard was my head exploding...
Hah! I know how you feel!
Excellent video Steve.Thank you! You may now go wash the gore off your blade and have a well earned glass of wine!🍷🍷🍷😉
Hah! I only drink when I have guests, and after these last 10 days, I'm all guested out!
I’m changing my channel name to The Reading Dude on UA-cam. My tag line will be “Reading so you don’t have to” and I’ll get a few thousand subscribers.
I had to check, but that guy is indeed the guy that I immediately unsubscribed to after having watched two of his video's. What drivel...
I'm horrified that i agreed with one point, making notes on what you are reading! I need to go lie down to recover. Brodom has been "Steved" again. Hooray.
Steve, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. And by "watching," I obviously mean reading a summary some dude wrote on twitter. 😉
Great video. Lies are bad! I’ve watched a few videos of his and they are full of exaggeration and weird statements like the concept that reading a summary = reading the book. Basically if we’ve read 1000 blurbs we’ve read 1000 books! Yay! Oh no wait, that’s utter garbage. I enjoyed this response video though.
Yeah, reading is definitely not effortless and who would want it to be? It's the effort that provides the reward. It's true that many of us like audio books, but I bet I'm in the majority when we say we like them because they extend the pleasure of reading, rather than allow us to avoid it somehow.
Ali Abdaal is a medical doctor, I believe. The few videos I've watched of him seem to me of someone trying to work their way out of the medical profession and into the UA-cam profession. The larger implications for this if multiplied at the societal level are a little chilling. Is it true that there are a bunch of dissatisfied medical professionals looking to break into the realm of video producing?
I spoke to soon… And no, I wouldn't trust his medical advice and abilities.
"Reading is definitely not effortless and who would want it to be?" - Oh my! Oh my, have I found the exact right crowd to run with here on UA-cam ...
' ... and that, your Honour, concludes the case for the prosecution' 😆
The number that scares me the most in a video titled “how I read 1000 books a year” in which the first thing the blogger says is “so I only fully read 20-30 books per year” is that he has almost 3 million subscribers
The Self-help industry its so popular now. They capitalize off of the recent generations
Strong Bro-Tube recommendation: Alex Becker’s Channel - representative of this world’s most extreme ascetic fringe. If there was ever anyone expressly made to be the subject of a Steve Donogue video…
Good Gawd, I just watched three of his videos, and I'm speechless. What a gross, manipulative buffoon. Luckily for me, he never seems to talk about books (or even know what they are) ...
I think we can make 100 000 books a year doable with these incredibly thoughtful tips 😎
In your channel reading is the goal in itself. Ali Abdaal's goal is completely different and reading is one of the ways of becoming one of those billionaire gurus. We are talking oranges and bananas here. Just stop paying attention to the UA-cam algorithm
I might consider that, except the UA-cam algorithm has introduced me to a LOT of stuff I'm glad I saw -
@@saintdonoghue UA-cam introduced me to your channel while looking for a Kindle of all things. Yes, sometimes the algorithm does a good job, I'll give you that
I've read on the comment section that HE IS WRITING A BOOK. Isn't it something? Maybe Short Form asked him to write it to have it there, and he is perfectly ok with no one reading it, or reading only a summary, or reading a blog post about it. The audacity of these people is mindblowing. They 'read' crappy books, they promote crappy books, they write crappy books and they avoid reading books at all cost. 🤦♀️
The UK are very strict with advertising or hidden advertising. Might be worth reporting!
This guy was famous for making a video about how he watches TV shows by fast forwarding through all the "slow" bits.
I'm sure he "reads" all the time!
lol - he actually became famous with his "how to get into (Oxbridge) med school" videos and "one day in the life of a doctor" series. He no longer works as a doctor, unfortunately.
So the book club of this youtuber reads the one page shortform summaries I guess??
He would certainly say his "book club" concentrates on the 30 or so books he decides to read "properly." But if somebody - even a self-professed millionaire - is willing to shell out money to have books summarized for him, I'm not going to credit that he ever actually reads anything "properly." It's so obvious from his videos: actual reading is something he expects his EMPLOYEES to do.
Steve I would like you to start a new series called feminist-watch where you destroy sexist misandrist homophobic navel gazing grifter feminist which is easy because sadly there not hard to find you can find them everywhere on UA-cam
I assume literary judging panels already have more than their fair share of non-readers.
Does anyone still take awards seriously?
Well, as you know, lots and lots of people obviously still take literary awards seriously, including bookstores and libraries. So the idea of non-readers shaping that landscape bothers me, even though you're certainly right that a few of them have always been there.
He sounds like a politician to me. Lies grow audiences. And I think I read a million books a year. At least. Probably more . Or less….
Steve, are you telling me that by simply having watched so many of your videos where you describe a pile of new-releases, I have not in fact "read" all those books? Huh. Guess I'll have to edit my Goodreads total for this year then.
The absolute gall of this cockwomble though: first he tries to say that he sees someone declaring that they have completed reading books in their entirety as a form of showy, peacocking by those who merely want to be seen to reading (okay, fine) but then goes on to say that he's one of the most followed/friended people on Goodreads and hopes to scale that list in the near future? Does he even hear the ridiculousness coming out of his stupid face?
I think I might have to go set fire to my head after that. But first I need to go scan the blurb of a few Russian epic tomes, so I can add them to my list of books read on Goodreads. (Gotta try and up that social capital, amirite?)
Yikes.