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I like that you're building something in this vein, but the benefit is not immediately clear to me.

Has it been your experience that talking with others during a lecture is helpful?

It is. Going deeper into particular topics or having folks share additional resources has been incredibly valuable. The lectures serve as conversation-food and not the 'core' of the experience here. That's the premise of the experiment.

This would be kind of like watching someone play a videogame on Twitch— indeed, you could just about implement this as a Twitch channel where people turn up and watch a taped lecture together.

Twitch has this for Bob Ross painting shows

https://m.twitch.tv/bobross/profile

Yeah, with IRL courses, it's much better discussing after the lecture than during one.

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