There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment

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If it is true that...

There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment 0 0 1

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Attempts to seek something in between learning and entertainment actually clamp to entertainment 0 0 1

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A lot of video content is a trap for learning 0 0 1

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