This is probably the central issue: I wasn't convinved he'd have the clarity of thought to put a coherent big picture together and gave up reading... I fo

This is probably the central issue: I wasn't convinved he'd have the clarity of thought to put a coherent big picture together and gave up reading... I found the style very entertaining, I thought the video clips were relevant and interesting as well. I think the big difference is that I decided to trust the author and take for granted that it would all make sense by the end. I also had as much time as I wanted to read the piece, if I was more pressed for time I may have had to abandon it as well. I think it's unfair to accuse people who distrust the author as having some sort of attention problem. Perhaps they have another heuristic for deciding if a longer article is worth it and this one simply didn't meet those requirements.