Productivity Hack Backfires - Talking Too Fast with 1.5x Audio Speed

My Productivity Hack Started to Backfire

I just hit a new personal record with my audiobook speed. Levelled up from 1.5x to 1.75x.

Felt like a cheat code for learning. I was absorbing books like crazy.

The only problem? My gf keeps telling me I talk way to fast now 🙊

Optimizing one part of a system can have unexpected side effects on another. A lesson for engineering as much it is for life, and a humbling reminder about tradeoffs.

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