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>The article we're talking about is accessible to anyone with a college vocabulary and perhaps 15 minutes of undivided attention. Ok, we agree then - I am just
by foldr 7y ago
>The article we're talking about is accessible to anyone with a college vocabulary and perhaps 15 minutes of undivided attention.
Ok, we agree then - I am just baffled that you consider this a problem.
There's something to be said for meeting 'the kids' at their level. So sure, super accessible stuff is great. But there's also the possibility of a downward spiral. The abundance of accessible, no-effort fluff wears down people's attention spans until it's impossible to have any serious public discourse about anything. If people are objecting to an article which takes 15 minutes to read and requires some level of literacy, then I think we might be well into the inner grooves of that spiral.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoTrue. And 'the kids' will read the super accessible stuff and think that that's all there is to understand. I think the super accessible stuff needs to be written in a way that says "There's more here to understand, and it's worth the effort to do so." So that someone who reads it is tempted to reach for the 15 minute article, or the several-hour book. (In fact, links at the bottom would be helpful in this. "For more information, go here...")