[ExI] shortening attention spans

[Max More]

Spike: You post seemed really interesting, but I quite reading after the
second paragraph. Please keep it shorter next time.

:-D

--- Max

2011/3/12 spike <spike66 at att.net>

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> A few days ago, someone posted archives from about ten years ago.  I read
> through a few of them to remind myself what we were talking about in those
> days.  Did anyone else here do that?  That was interesting, but I noticed
> something that jumped out at me.  Comparing the ExI-list to ten years ago,
> it is remarkable how long the typical posts were.  Now we are so
> hit-and-run.  Then we had a longer attention span.
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> I was reminded of this when I read an offhanded comment in a movie review,
> an animated feature called “Mars Needs Moms.”  A positive feature of the
> movie according to this reviewer is that it is short:
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> …and with its splendid use of computer-generated motion-capture animation
> and 3-D effects, the movie is also visually magnificent -- modestly so.
> Plus, it's half the length of "Avatar."
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> http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/11/review.mars.needs.moms/index.html?hpt=Sbin
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> So it isn’t only me.  We want our media-streams to say it, make it short
> and to the point, and on to the next thing.  Apparently Avatar could be
> improved by breaking it into two segments, charging for tickets twice, each
> half the length?
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> I have seen this phenomenon in so many places, including magazines.  I have
> 26 year old bike magazines reviewing my bike when it was new.  I was
> astounded at how long it went on and on, for several pages.  Today, even
> brainy magazines such as Scientific American and Astronomy have short
> crackly articles.
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