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Video production skills are becoming as fundamental as reading and writing for professional success in the digital age
The Reasoning
Just as literacy was essential for industrial age success, video literacy becomes essential as the internet becomes primarily video-based communication, making those without video skills professionally disadvantaged
What Needs to Be True
- Video consumption continues growing across platforms
- Business communication increasingly shifts to video
- Text-based communication becomes secondary
- Video creation tools remain accessible
Counterargument
Many professional roles will always require text-based communication (legal, technical writing, data analysis), and video may be supplement rather than replacement
What Would Change This View
If video creation becomes fully automated through AI, or if there's a backlash toward text-based communication
Implications for Builders
Create video education platforms
Build tools that make video creation easier
Develop video-first business communication tools
Invest in video editing and production technology
Example Application
“A professional who learns video skills gets promoted faster because they can communicate ideas more effectively to both internal teams and external customers through compelling video content”
Related Knowledge
Video as Native Internet Language Framework
A framework viewing video content as the primary communication medium of the internet, similar to how countries have nat
Cinematic Content Production Framework
A content creation approach that applies film production techniques (scripting, cinematography, sound design, editing) t
Achieve rapid audience growth in niche topics through cinematic content production
View-to-subscriber ratio significantly above 1:1, comments from people uninterested in your topic, rapid subscriber grow
Build a physical university focused on modern media and marketing skills
Accredited for-profit university with physical campus teaching video production, content creation, modern marketing stac
Different Is Better Than Better Principle
In saturated markets, being distinctly different often creates more competitive advantage than being incrementally bette
Platform Native Language Model
Each communication medium has a 'native language' that determines success, and adapting to this native language is essen