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There is no such thing as a "short attention span" that is happening today. This is a myth. People watch/read whatever they are curious about, and mostly it is simplistic and retarded content, be it in short form like tiktok videos, or nonsense netflix series that are hours long.

So if anyone thinks that the TROM II documentary is "too long" for today's "short attention span", I think their "attention span" needs to enlarge and see that's not the case. If people would be interested in reality, they would watch that documentary even if it was 10 hours long.

Again, people watch TV series that are hundreds of episodes long and are not getting bored by them. Why? That's how they grew up, in a society where these tv series and movies are marketed, while reality is not much. So they learn that those silly shows are way more interesting than what is real.

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I think the real issue is a lack of curiosity/interest in trying out new & diverse things. For example, during covid lockdown I picked up the habit of watching documentaries and listening to podcasts, I still do those things to this day and I've learned a lot from it. If I wasn't willing to try out new things then I wouldn't have known about this beautiful world of podcasting and educational documentaries. Linux, the fediverse, etc are other things that I've tried out and really loved it.
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