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user-inactivated · 3978 days ago · link · · parent · post: In Praise of (Offline) Slow Reading - NYTimes.com
Haha, I could have done some googling I guess, but I didn't, because what I actually meant was "I think these sorts of articles are generalizing, assumption-making crocks of shit." Fact is, we don't know yet whether the internet is messing with our attention spans. And what if we're misunderstanding the causes? I was trying to watch the BCS football thing on tv but it bored me and the article on my laptop was extremely interesting -- so now I'm sitting on my laptop reading instead of watching football. Did the internet evilly steal my attention? I give my attention to the most interesting thing in my vicinity and always will, no matter where it comes from. That's just human.