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[-] fafferlicious@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

There's a lot of people here unable to recognize how important attention span is for deep, meaningful learning.

Way too many people saying "ATTENTION SPANS NOT INTELLIGENCE DUHMASSES" and failing short because they don't have the attention span to think of implications of decreased attention span.

Long term memory is built on repetition and attention. It is entirely plausible that short form media makes you stupider - by impacting your ability for deep learning

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