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You can’t compare writing blogs or early YouTube to current trends: short videos, addictive productions, irrelevant contents, etc. My son has a friend who can
by mercacona 4y ago
You can’t compare writing blogs or early YouTube to current trends: short videos, addictive productions, irrelevant contents, etc.
My son has a friend who can watch YouTube and Tiktok for hours without supervision. When he comes home I freak out: he gets bored watching a movie, music videoclips are too long, and if you try to read a short story at bedtime he doesn’t even listen to you.
It’s not about using computers and participating in online communities but undermining their attention, vocabulary, etc.
- theGnuMe 4y agoHow is your own attention span? I've watched old cartoon movies from the 80s and find them dull and boring but I remember them being my favorite at the time. I also have this other observation. If you really get into classical music, jazz and to some extent blues/bluegrass... modern pop songs just sound like crap and boring.
- anon291 4y ago> If you really get into classical music, jazz and to some extent blues/bluegrass... modern pop songs just sound like crap and boring. I feel this might be a 'look at me I'm so smart thing'. I've enjoyed classical music and jazz and blues/bluegrass, and partake in playing all of those. I also enjoy pop music. There's nothing inherently bad about pop music. Like jazz and classical, it's based on a simple circle of fifths progression. In fact, most modern pop is more harmonically and rhythmically complex than classical music.
- theGnuMe 4y agoMy point was about novelty and simulation capturing attention. I find Pop music tends to be less complex and repetitive which is boring. Especially if listened to say bluegrass and then pop back to back.