On second thought, #Vi-like keybindings do have a couple of advantages:

1. Simplicity: you have to memorize them, but that's *easy* since they're single letters.
2. Familiarity: knowing you can open many text-based programs and type / to search or q to quit is a breath of fresh air.

But no, most of us don't think "3wdb" when trying to delete the third word from the cursor. That's machine speak.