KaiserJeep wrote: this is tiresome for people who actually can think, and regularly do so.
GHung wrote:Newfie; regarding NPR, et al, I think they are just going with the flow trying to survive. Adapting to the public's short attention spans is seen as a necessity these days, it seems.
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KaiserJeep wrote:This IS mainstream culture all around the world today, in fact. You may choose to opt out to whatever degree you like, but if you are 40 years old or older and carry a mobile device like a phone or tablet, you are an enthusiastic adopter of modern networked culture, whether you watch video or not.
Ibon wrote:-snip-
Thinking outside the box takes on a whole new meaning.
There is tremendous opportunity for those who choose not to be networked,
efarmer wrote:There is active entertainment where one does something to entertain themselves or people entertain each other and actually do something, and there is passive entertainment where one flops down and entertainment is done to them, I prefer the active forms.
The other phenomena I see is wearable computing devices constantly making their users decide if they are an entity in the real world, or a slave to the virtual world and interconnects that beckon them to flail their thumbs on touchscreens and stand in rapt attention to the device in the midst of what is otherwise a real life situation. Many people I know and love and many others I simply observe are slaved to their devices as if they are their real life, and the one their body is immersed in is a spacer until the device requires their time and attention again.
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