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munkie15 t1_jch6eyh wrote

Reply to comment by Additional_Fail_5270 in "You don’t like it because you don’t get it, you don’t get it because you’re not ___________" by JohnTaylorson

That’s a great breakdown.

I think the problem lies in how most information is communicated, electronically. I think this mode of transmission conditions people to react very quickly. This quick reaction does not bode well for any sort of in depth discussion, on any topic, let alone a very complex topic.

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Additional_Fail_5270 t1_jcjdrcj wrote

100% agree. I also think platforms like Twitter, with their character limits, have conditioned us all to go for punchy and reductive, and like you say, put so much weight on our gut reaction to things there's no room to let an idea sit for a while and tease it out fully

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munkie15 t1_jck9i73 wrote

Exactly. I’m currently reading “Stolen Focus” by Johann Hari. He talks about this very thing. It’s pretty interesting so far.

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