Reminds me of when someone told me, with a straight face, that 1k words was considered long form.

Wondering if we’re seeing a further collapse now where even 100 words is an instant DQ for consumption.

As young people find it increasingly difficult to read a page of text, the SAT and ACT are adapting by removing the need to read any long passages. Or write any short essays.

We are undergoing "human change."

https://t.co/CcTt7OWZ0g

My abandoned second book was about how we’re reverting to oral culture from the textual culture of the printing press, one where TikTok emulates the face-to-face orality of illiterate societies.

Nobody but a monastic elite will be able to read 1k words anymore, a new dark age.

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

Reminds me of when someone told me, with a straight face, that 1k words was considered long form.

Wondering if we’re seeing a further collapse now where even 100 words is an instant DQ for consumption.
https://x.com/antoniogm/status/1936423068630679726

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People used to listen to 3-hr politician speeches ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
These detailed, ancient Phil Gyford notes on Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death, floated up for me this morning. Kinda amazing the book out before any of this “internet” stuff was happening. Via Baldur who you also probably know/know of, in a post can’t find again now
https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2004/09/26/amusing-ourselve/
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/essays/

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Sometimes think about the long dharma talk phenomenon in this regard… like, we have to give our brains _something_ to do all day or they really do just get up to mischief, mostly

Haa they did indeed. Nows it 3 hours of shortform video. Nice links 🙏