Recently I came across a couple of off-hand comments that got me thinking. The first flippantly said they couldn't be bothered to read up on a complex subject unless someone made it into a power-point presentation for them. The second commented that they only skimmed the articles that the OP had put up as their evidence. As far as I could tell, both were meant with humor.
However, I found myself wondering: In this information age, have we come to the point where we have so much information to deal with that we don't bother deeply reading things anymore? Is our time so filled that we only skim things, ignore it if it can't be compressed into bullet-points, or summarized in sound bites?
So I ask you, dear gentle souls of the Escapist, is this truly the case for most of us?
Or am I just an old curmudgeon sitting in Darwin's waiting room grumbling about how the world has changed on me while I wasn't looking?
*puts on asbestos suit and raises the starter flag*
LET THE FLAMING BEGIN!
However, I found myself wondering: In this information age, have we come to the point where we have so much information to deal with that we don't bother deeply reading things anymore? Is our time so filled that we only skim things, ignore it if it can't be compressed into bullet-points, or summarized in sound bites?
So I ask you, dear gentle souls of the Escapist, is this truly the case for most of us?
Or am I just an old curmudgeon sitting in Darwin's waiting room grumbling about how the world has changed on me while I wasn't looking?
*puts on asbestos suit and raises the starter flag*
LET THE FLAMING BEGIN!
