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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I think that society in general has evolved in a more ADD direction--moving quickly from one bright shiny thing to the next. But I'm not willing to blame it on online reading (alone anyway). I imagine it to be more more media- and culturally-based in general: sound bites, video montages, action sequences, 23/42 minute episodes, hectic schedules, and phones with the entire world at our fingertips.
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I agree. There seems to be such a drive to fill one's time to capacity, as well as a change in what constitutes a "useful" way to spend what little isn't already taken up by other things, so things seem to start to be tailored for smaller timeslots. The things that people manage to pack into their schedules is astounding to me.
And because that's so not my style, I end up being the oddball, with others lamenting about my "empty life" despite the fact that I'm not complaining one bit.
Is that why I can settle into a novel just as easily as I always have? No idea, really, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.