Halfway through 30's means you were born in the 90's though, but other than that you're right, the advent of the internet, google, and rapid fire short form content has messed with our attention spans; the following generation grew up on the internet and saw the advent of high intensity videos and then short-form mobile-only infinite-stream short-form dashed-words videos.
replyTo add, less articulate and somewhat overtly anti-intellectual. Why even learn something when you can ask the slot machine?
replyThe anti-intellectualism is so weird to me, it feels like people get overly defensive and angry (a secondary emotional response to shame) when confronted with their own lack of knowledge / intelligence or when asked or challenged to use their own brain.
replyYou should point out then that "border collies are just intelligent in different ways, too"
replyThe benefits are increased productivity, consumer satisfaction, and shareholder profits
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