Be fair; plenty of people transcribe and read podcasts, and/or summarize/excerpt them.

The idea that people would do this has never even crossed my mind. Not disputing that people do this, mind you. Technology is certainly there, but I also think that it’s very prone to taking ideas out of context.

Summaries are great, but can be surface.

The brain processes and has insights differently experiencing it at conversation speed.

We might get what the conversation was that others had, but it can miss the mark for the listening and inner processing that leads to it's own gifts.

It's not about one or the other for me, usually both.