The trend towards short-form seems caused by the effort-ratio between reading/writing, sharing/experiencing. It's easy to 'write a lot of words', but they don't always convey experience & it remains a lot of work to read 'everything'.
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The rate at which we create new content is staggering & has real consequence. It's easier for a million people to tweet on toilets than for one person to churn out a new Illiad. Likewise we're more likely to 'pump our tweets' than Shakespere (for social signaling).
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Thus great works of wisdom & past are drowned by the every day happenings of people. We begin to think everything is new & outrageous & without meaning. We should instead seek out what's actually new & incredible with a deep appreciation for the context & beauty of all things.
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If it becomes easier to write eloquently & more pleasurable to read we'll see different trends. Similarly we need to make it easier to convey & absorb wisdom. These goals are not out of bounds for the frontiers of tech & society & should be a topic of more debate & discussion.
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