alt Hacker NewsEvery generation experiences the current downgrade as catastrophic, only to later discover it was already a compromise layered on top of an earlier one
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embedding-shape • today at 2:33 PM
So if we try to walk up all the ladders of abstractions and get to the core where we cannot go yet another layer above, what we end up? Word of mouth basically?
I think, at a minimum, a return to print or radio news is called for. They necessitate attentive consumption of information in a way that video just doesn't. I feel like they leave mental space open for critical thought. TikTok is the total opposite.