Wow. I need to read Stolen Focus! AND Indistractible. I used to say I firmly believed in people's short attention spans, a la, brochure copy. It's so much worse now and it's because of social media (IT has trained US) and, with time passing, upcoming generations who aren't even used to reading an article.
As far as people as products, that's how the current administration is treating us. Firings are like stopping production on a product that isn't cost effective.
Thanks for this comment, Laura. I keep putting books into your queue... ;-)
Distractability is one reason I never installed Tik Tok. I knew the first time a person showed me a video from their phone that it would be like crack for my brain. Nope. Instagram was bad enough. Infinite scroll is a vortex for destruction.
One thing about Substack that I like is that it respects "longer form" articles, not just quick memes like Facebook.
The power that Elon Musk has within DOGE should make all Americans sit up and take notice. When people say that government should run more like a business, I shudder... not that I don't want more efficiency, but terrorizing your workforce may not be the way to achieve better outcomes!
Wow. I need to read Stolen Focus! AND Indistractible. I used to say I firmly believed in people's short attention spans, a la, brochure copy. It's so much worse now and it's because of social media (IT has trained US) and, with time passing, upcoming generations who aren't even used to reading an article.
As far as people as products, that's how the current administration is treating us. Firings are like stopping production on a product that isn't cost effective.
Thanks for this comment, Laura. I keep putting books into your queue... ;-)
Distractability is one reason I never installed Tik Tok. I knew the first time a person showed me a video from their phone that it would be like crack for my brain. Nope. Instagram was bad enough. Infinite scroll is a vortex for destruction.
One thing about Substack that I like is that it respects "longer form" articles, not just quick memes like Facebook.
The power that Elon Musk has within DOGE should make all Americans sit up and take notice. When people say that government should run more like a business, I shudder... not that I don't want more efficiency, but terrorizing your workforce may not be the way to achieve better outcomes!
I *always* want to know about other books! haha!
I have been known to spend an hour or two on tiktok/videos. But I've gotten much better at restraining myself. My distractions are self-imposed!
Substack is great. For writers *and* readers. I wish there was a way to get younger people to understand how much reading would do for them.
The administration is now terrorizing the rest of the world. Allies have written us off.