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Science WAS a general public topic, what changed?
by forgetfreeman 3y ago
Science WAS a general public topic, what changed?
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- darreninthenet 3y agoReality TV, celebrity obsession, Simon Cowell's rubbish... where do I begin?
- napier 3y agoFractal balkanization of general public attention context windows via social media simclusters and engagement maxxing feed algos.
- bryanrasmussen 3y agoFinally, somebody that speaks English!
- xbmcuser 3y agoIt was never a general public topic. I don't get where you think that it was. The only point where it was a general public topic when a science topic crossed politics. Like the us space program against ussr space program that was what got the publics imagination not the science.
- forgetfreeman 3y agoRevisionist af. 40 years ago advancements in everything from particle physics to biology (and yes the space program too) were a staple of nightly news broadcasts. Hell there was an entire broadcast TV channel that featured programming on everything from cosmology to plate tectonics. The 80s were a thing my friend, don't discount them.
- Tade0 3y agoIt was a general public topic in the brief period between WW2 and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the best we can hope for is shark week. It's not like people aren't curious - it's just that there's such a deluge of content that it's hard for science to stand out.