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Being easily bored is the same thing as having a poor attention span. Of course they have no issue spending time on the things they love. If they struggle to focus on something, they probably will find themselves unable to enjoy it very much. I don't think any of the film students who spend the whole movie on their phones go home afterward to read Moby Dick.

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Not too long ago, reading books was also considered evil. It was argued that they were addictive and antisocial.

You sound like those people who think Battleship Potemkin is the greatest movie of all time.

> Not too long ago, reading books was also considered evil.

Yeah, well, they were wrong and I'm right.

> You sound like those people who think Battleship Potemkin is the greatest movie of all time.

100% critic & 86% user approval on Rotten Tomatoes, 97/100 on Metacritic. Universally acclaimed, massively influential. Have you considered that Battleship Potemkin might just be a good movie? Have you tried watching it?

That's right. Just over a decade ago, reading magazines like "Story Club" was considered a waste of time and energy.

I have watched it multiple times, and I do understand that in order to understand what is great art, you have to be familiar with art history.

That being said, blaming the kids for a failed education system, is pointing the finger in the wrong direction. It is not their attention which is the problem, but the out-dated methods they use trying to grab it. Being bitter and blaming everything, but themselves, is just showing how irrelevant they have all become.

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