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A graph, three paragraphs and a reference to Yuval Noah Harari? There is absolutely no substance here. Maybe something meta about lack of attention spans and not looking beyond the surface at claims.

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Post by jwoq9118 » Thu, May 09, 2024, 11:25 AM UTC

After reading, I agree with im3w1l. The author did not do this subject justice. Its too short, makes some sweeping generalizations about the evolution of human culture, and never really dives deep into answer the “How” that it calls out in its title. Great title, mediocre article.

I also think the suggestion that content creators, as in all of them (the author specifically calls out Charlie Damelio), don’t view their fans as anything more than a number is interesting. He calls out a content creator he perhaps views as part of the problem but fails to acknowledge the same extends to literally everyone you’ve ever heard of online that you follow but don’t know in real life, including people im sure the author would defend as being “really good guys”.

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Post by jwoq9118 » Thu, May 09, 2024, 11:26 AM UTC

polotics wrote: post #4

Is this low-effort very short content perchance AI-generated?

The level of writing isn’t up to snuff for what I think AI would generate. It’s rather…pedestrian.

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Post by jwoq9118 » Thu, May 09, 2024, 11:27 AM UTC

caliwagon wrote: post #6

A graph, three paragraphs and a reference to Yuval Noah Harari? There is absolutely no substance here. Maybe something meta about lack of attention spans and not looking beyond the surface at claims.

Agreed. Great article title, the article itself falls flat. This is the sort of title where I expected a quasi research paper with links to sources rather than just plain text references.

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Post by stevage » Thu, May 09, 2024, 11:28 AM UTC

The linked article which is the source of the graph is more interesting: https://theconversation.com/teens-have-less-face-time-with-t...