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Reddituser183 t1_ixacqel wrote

I’m listening to the audiobook and there are some very deep and meaningful quotes of dialog. “If you hide your ignorance, no one will ever hit you and you’ll never learn.”

On top of that, the theme and importance of real imagination, meaningful content and reading vs mindlessly watching tv seemed very relevant to what exists today with instant dopamine hits of satisfaction from YouTube, TikTok, Netflix, social media, etc. all of which are generally lacking in any real substance.

“The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.” I’m not saying that the internet or tv can’t do this but they do it less often and much more poorly.

I have about an hour left of the audiobook, I love it so far, will definitely relisten to it soon.

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Grimweeper1 t1_ixao4ju wrote

Revoking the human ability to process meaning, and fight for it, will doom humanity to stagnation. Manipulating the sub-conscious minds willingness to hyperbolic discounting, the instant gratification that we are simply just happy with, because it makes us happy here, and now. Why 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 we think if we don’t 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 to think?

The YouTuber ‘Markiplier’ had an interesting take on that fact, when it comes to TikTok and shorter media being more appealing nowadays. He insists it isn’t our “attention spans shortening”, but really just the desire and 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 for 𝘯𝘦𝘸 content has risen exponentially, forcing creators to attempt retaining their audiences attention using shorter tropes and resorting to trends. Longer and more deeper thought out media still exists and thrives, but they have a much tougher time being stretched out and cared about over time. It’s a perceived shortened attention span. Just some food for thought. 🍕

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