> It's been a race to the bottom for the attention economy. Sadly, with the added knock-on effect of making more in-depth sorts of entertainment / mass culture

> It's been a race to the bottom for the attention economy. Sadly, with the added knock-on effect of making more in-depth sorts of entertainment / mass culture less profitable, further degrading public discourse.. Being entertained by an endless scroll of memes or political cartoons is alot different than reading full news articles or entertainment pieces, but unfortunately there is enough of the former content to 'fill the void' that the second kind has difficulty 'competing'