I've been reading him for a long time now, and I just wish he'd do a podcast or a video essay YouTube channel or something (or partner with someone skilled in these areas to make it happen). He's much more knowledgeable than the existing people doing this in these areas, yet he has a tiny fraction of the audience solely because of his choice of blogging medium. His actual content is genuinely interesting and obviously well-researched and I'd put him up favorably against any of the others.
Ironically, I follow Bret's work over other, more famous people, because I prefer reading over listening or watching.
Same. I can read quickly, and when suits me. Video I have to be sat at a computer paying attention which is time I can use for other things, and go at their speed.
The quick must be ironic. His articles are insanely long, could be an hour read sometimes for a slow reader. Each post is a booklet long if it were put on paper.
Not a criticism. I like long text too. That would be extremely boring in a 30 minutes video though.
I think it's long because writing a short letter is harder, as the joke goes.
But a video covering that would be 30 minutes. I can read it in a lot less. Having been through academia, you do after all learn to read quickly :-)