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  1. He spent 5 years doing this, double-full-time.

    Over the past five years, I’d downloaded every single movie, TV show, and cartoon mentioned in Anorak’s Almanac. (Level One, 0001)

    As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

    If he's anything like me or other Aspergers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

    So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours; and if we reduce sleep by 2 hours a day, 25625 total hours.

    Wade estimates it a bit differently in 0006 (he comes out to a similar number which makes me think he was probably averaging out: 21840):

    You’d be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, is a lot of study time.

    This is plenty enough time to consume most of the main nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly.

    • Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek.

    • If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

  2. He didn't watch them all.

    I still hadn’t watched all of them yet, of course. That would probably take decades. (Level One, 0001)

He himself noted that the main challenge was music. TV shows, books and games were manageable given the time frames involved, and a fact that Halliday left detailed lists of what to study.

  1. He didn't watch them all.

    I still hadn’t watched all of them yet, of course. That would probably take decades. (Level One, 0001)

  1. He spent 5 years doing this, double-full-time.

    Over the past five years, I’d downloaded every single movie, TV show, and cartoon mentioned in Anorak’s Almanac. (Level One, 0001)

    As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

    If he's anything like me or other Aspergers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

    So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours; and if we reduce sleep by 2 hours a day, 25625 total hours.

    Wade estimates it a bit differently in 0006 (he comes out to a similar number which makes me think he was probably averaging out: 21840):

    You’d be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, is a lot of study time.

    This is plenty enough time to consume most of the main nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly.

    • Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek.

    • If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

  2. He didn't watch them all.

    I still hadn’t watched all of them yet, of course. That would probably take decades. (Level One, 0001)

  1. He spent 5 years doing this, double-full-time.

    Over the past five years, I’d downloaded every single movie, TV show, and cartoon mentioned in Anorak’s Almanac. (Level One, 0001)

    As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

    If he's anything like me or other Aspergers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

    So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours; and if we reduce sleep by 2 hours a day, 25625 total hours.

    Wade estimates it a bit differently in 0006 (he comes out to a similar number which makes me think he was probably averaging out: 21840):

    You’d be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, is a lot of study time.

    This is plenty enough time to consume most of the main nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly.

    • Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek.

    • If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

He himself noted that the main challenge was music. TV shows, books and games were manageable given the time frames involved, and a fact that Halliday left detailed lists of what to study.

  1. He didn't watch them all.

    I still hadn’t watched all of them yet, of course. That would probably take decades. (Level One, 0001)

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He spent 5 years doing this, full-time. As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

If he's anything like me or other Asperhers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours.

This is plenty enough time to consume most of the nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly. Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek. If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

  1. He spent 5 years doing this, double-full-time.

    Over the past five years, I’d downloaded every single movie, TV show, and cartoon mentioned in Anorak’s Almanac. (Level One, 0001)

    As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

    If he's anything like me or other Aspergers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

    So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours; and if we reduce sleep by 2 hours a day, 25625 total hours.

    Wade estimates it a bit differently in 0006 (he comes out to a similar number which makes me think he was probably averaging out: 21840):

    You’d be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, is a lot of study time.

    This is plenty enough time to consume most of the main nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly.

    • Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek.

    • If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

  2. He didn't watch them all.

    I still hadn’t watched all of them yet, of course. That would probably take decades. (Level One, 0001)

He spent 5 years doing this, full-time. As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

If he's anything like me or other Asperhers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours.

This is plenty enough time to consume most of the nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly. Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek. If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

  1. He spent 5 years doing this, double-full-time.

    Over the past five years, I’d downloaded every single movie, TV show, and cartoon mentioned in Anorak’s Almanac. (Level One, 0001)

    As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

    If he's anything like me or other Aspergers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

    So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours; and if we reduce sleep by 2 hours a day, 25625 total hours.

    Wade estimates it a bit differently in 0006 (he comes out to a similar number which makes me think he was probably averaging out: 21840):

    You’d be amazed how much research you can get done when you have no life whatsoever. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week, is a lot of study time.

    This is plenty enough time to consume most of the main nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly.

    • Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek.

    • If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).

  2. He didn't watch them all.

    I still hadn’t watched all of them yet, of course. That would probably take decades. (Level One, 0001)

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He spent 5 years doing this, full-time. As in, probably 8-9 hours a day (assuming 6.5 hours for school, 2 hours a day eating/hygiene, 6.5-7.5 hours sleep) on weekdays and pretty much entire day (15 hours) on weekends/holidays.

If he's anything like me or other Asperhers-light nerds who grew up in the 80s, he probably spent 2 less hours sleeping and 2 more geeking out.

So that gives us 1809 + 15185 = 1620 + 2775 = 4395 hours a year, for a total of 21975 hours.

This is plenty enough time to consume most of the nerdish and other culture of the 1980s, with important pieces being consumed repeatedly. Most TV shows run less than 20-30 hours total. Entire Star Trek is only 531 hours as per this quora answer. And there weren't all that many large series like Simposons and Star Trek. If he's a typical geeky fast reader, books also don't take that long (average novel is ~100k words, meaning a fast 1k WPM reader can read the book in ~2 hours).