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> In the 80's the encyclopedia filled the same niche that a smartphone does for me now. I took this to mean the niche is "learning something interesting in a s
by tomashubelbauer 3y ago
> In the 80's the encyclopedia filled the same niche that a smartphone does for me now.
I took this to mean the niche is "learning something interesting in a short amount of time" not "killing a short amount of time" so to me the OP implied they were using the smartphone to learn and not browse TikTok.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoIt's both? I have the attention span of a gnat so whenever I'm forced to wait in one place for more than 10 seconds I pull my phone out. I don't pull up TikTok, but I pull up HN or similar. Theoretically HN et al can be educational, but it's mostly functioning as an alternative to TikTok. This behaviour is normal today, but 40 years ago people other than me had the ability to wait patiently.