@luckytran I was with him until the second half where he arrived at the "dumbing down" conclusion, which itself is such a tired, facile take that ignores all of the material conditions he just identified. Swing and a miss.
Still appreciate the post though
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Pople of Sagan's generation had a category error in assuming éducation and entertainment were competing for the same resource.
In truth, brains are not meant be in learning more than few hours a day. Rest of the time, entertainment both relaxes, AND helps contextualize information learned earlier.
This is more compartmentalized than in Sagan's youth where both were connected/immersed by and in community.
But he was right about the soundbytes et al.
Dr. Lucky Tran 
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