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We're all getting bored because microconsumption is inherently unsatisfying. You're waiting for others to produce a tiny bit of content for you to consume. Perh

• AnimalMuppet 9y ago
  > We're all getting bored because microconsumption is inherently unsatisfying. Well said. > Perhaps we will see a renaissance of long form consumption... The problem can perhaps be considered one of opportunity cost. In the time it takes to read that long form article, I could read a whole lot of "tiny bits of content". And in many ways, I have spent the last N years tuning myself for those tiny bits. So the long form article has to pay me back for the time I spend reading it, not just at the end of the article, but at least at the rate that the tiny bits of content do. Otherwise, I'll feel like the article is wasting my time, and I'll quit part way through, looking for something more stimulating. Of course, the flip side is that all those tiny bits of content have their opportunity cost, too. The problem is that, for each one, it's just a tiny opportunity cost. But add them all together through a day (or worse, a year), and I lose a huge amount of time and mental energy on tiny little searches for stimulation.