On: Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute

[pksebben]

I recognize the irony of posting this in a thread about maintaining attention, but I could not sit through all that salesey preamble to get to whatever the sigh is supposed to be.

Culture gripe; I wish more creators got to the meat first, and added the long drawn out explanations later. I know why they don't (views == $$), but for real. I don't need your life story, just tell me how many onions I need to buy for the recipe.

[emsixteen → pksebben]

Thumbnail for that video is literally "Eliminate stress in seconds", but is an 11 minute video.

[IggleSniggle → emsixteen]

The video increases stress so that you can employ the explained destressing techniques in seconds immediately afterwards.

Note: this doesn't mean the technique takes a few seconds, just that the technique will be useful in seconds

[cl3misch → pksebben]

> views == $$

No, in the current Youtube ecosystem it's "watchtime == $$". Maybe you meant that anyway, because it matches your actual comment way better.

[kqr → pksebben]

But if it was done that way, wouldn't the placebo effect be weaker?