I get what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s the working class Trump voters that have the low attention span. Maybe it’s the welfare folks that sit home and are afraid of critical thinking…just a stereotype not 100% of course.
I've spent my whole life having an intellectual advantage over most people, and I curb myself incessantly to prevent it turning into contempt. So many people allow themselves that sin. I never give up on anyone. But the low attention spans come from undisciplined children (TikTok) and articles that are so poorly written they cannot get to the point in a timely way (plenty of those, and I have little patience for them).
In a way, I think the "podcast" approach to communication is at fault. I regard it as the resort of the mentally unclear---those who do not have the ability to formulate their message clearly in words. I think it has been proven repeatedly that the written word can be assimilated 4-5 times faster than the spoken word. It is one of the reasons that books can convey very complex ideas. Who has the patience to sit through a boring, drawn-out video clip? I regard it as a throwback to ranting at cave paintings. So, what happens is that the videos are trimmed and shortened to get over this impatience, with a corresponding dumbing-down. School classes are a concession to the fact that not everything is easy to assimilate on a first reading, so it has to be slowed down for ingestion, and allowance for questions and answers to absorb the key points of material. But even that has its limits of endurance, which is why a class is typically no more than an hour at a time per day for a given subject. (Sorry for so wordy. I got engrossed in thinking out loud. I have, in fact, taught classes and delivered complex briefings.)
...articles that are so poorly written they cannot get to the point in a timely way (plenty of those, and I have little patience for them).
Exactly.
I attribute this to poor vocabulary, the perversion and adulteration of the English language and the fact that few actually articulate thoughts... but rather parrot what sounds "more better" to updooters. 🙄😁
I agree with you. I prefer reading to videos if I want to really learn something. I’m finding even some intellectual college professor type people are so brainwashed and fear injesting anything but the approved narrative.
I get what you’re saying but I don’t think it’s the working class Trump voters that have the low attention span. Maybe it’s the welfare folks that sit home and are afraid of critical thinking…just a stereotype not 100% of course.
I've spent my whole life having an intellectual advantage over most people, and I curb myself incessantly to prevent it turning into contempt. So many people allow themselves that sin. I never give up on anyone. But the low attention spans come from undisciplined children (TikTok) and articles that are so poorly written they cannot get to the point in a timely way (plenty of those, and I have little patience for them).
In a way, I think the "podcast" approach to communication is at fault. I regard it as the resort of the mentally unclear---those who do not have the ability to formulate their message clearly in words. I think it has been proven repeatedly that the written word can be assimilated 4-5 times faster than the spoken word. It is one of the reasons that books can convey very complex ideas. Who has the patience to sit through a boring, drawn-out video clip? I regard it as a throwback to ranting at cave paintings. So, what happens is that the videos are trimmed and shortened to get over this impatience, with a corresponding dumbing-down. School classes are a concession to the fact that not everything is easy to assimilate on a first reading, so it has to be slowed down for ingestion, and allowance for questions and answers to absorb the key points of material. But even that has its limits of endurance, which is why a class is typically no more than an hour at a time per day for a given subject. (Sorry for so wordy. I got engrossed in thinking out loud. I have, in fact, taught classes and delivered complex briefings.)
Exactly.
I attribute this to poor vocabulary, the perversion and adulteration of the English language and the fact that few actually articulate thoughts... but rather parrot what sounds "more better" to updooters. 🙄😁
I agree with you. I prefer reading to videos if I want to really learn something. I’m finding even some intellectual college professor type people are so brainwashed and fear injesting anything but the approved narrative.