Random thoughts... - by Tocky
Kamlorn on 7/10/2023 at 20:49
What if so-called "clip thinking" is not a phenomena of modern people exclusively? It is just a type of thoght-flow, inherent in all of human kind throughout it's entire history. And because this phenomena became noticed recently we think this actually appeared recently.
mxleader on 8/10/2023 at 00:12
Huh? Wha?
hopper on 9/10/2023 at 07:42
Quote Posted by mxleader
Huh? Wha?
In a thread called “random thoughts”, that's what you're gonna get.
heywood on 9/10/2023 at 14:35
Kamlorn, I don't think clip thinking is really new. I think we have been entertaining ourselves with short attention span media for a long time, and I can think of lots of examples that predated digital media.
Tocky - Thanks for the additional pics. Looks like you really saw a lot in one trip.
Kamlorn on 9/10/2023 at 16:37
Can you give a couple of examples?
For me, it's not about entertainment only. Moreover, I think the case about clip thinking is that it is more rewarding, therefore - more common, popular one. Unlike "coherent thinking".
Even from evolution perspective there are more chances to survive if you can change subject of attention more easily/much faster than others (I think this suggestion needs no examples), or if that subject is more simple, down to earth; the situation is different with "coherent thinking", it is some kind of luxury, usefulness of which is so foggy, that sometimes it's even dangerous.
Nicker on 9/10/2023 at 16:40
If you can't explain clip thinking in ten words or less, it's TLDR for me.
Kamlorn on 9/10/2023 at 17:04
When getting off the bus you cannot remember the thought with which you entered it.
Pyrian on 9/10/2023 at 18:12
Quote Posted by Nicker
If you can't explain clip thinking in ten words or...
tl;dr :joke:
Nicker on 9/10/2023 at 19:14
rotfl
Nicker on 9/10/2023 at 19:21
The internet isn't responsible for the bad and good qualities it evokes in people. New technologies just make it easier to access them.
But it's not just the technology itself, it's how the people in control manipulate it to achieve their ends. The special thing about the internet is it amplifies everything far more than older technologies and it greatly compresses the time between cause and effect.
Clip thinking isn't a new thing, just a new word for an old thing.
