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Ann Glover's avatar

Oh, wow. Didn't know about Spartacus. A great excerpt. Going to look him up. Podcasts are a relatively new thing for me, but I'm wising up fast!

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Jerome V's avatar

Glad I could introduce you to him. He's doing great work! And he provides the transcript for those of us who still know how to read, ha ha! What he said about reading:

>... Policy Horizons Canada page on the government of Canada’s website that lays it all out in detail. I’m sure they publish things like this openly because they know, in their heart of hearts, that nobody will read it. Frankly, nobody reads anything anymore. Most people can’t even recall the last time they read a novel, and, indeed, the captions on a TikTok video are probably too much for some people’s attention spans. The Overclass know they can discuss their plans in plain sight, with impunity, because only the tiny remaining portion of the population with any degree of intellectual curiosity will ever see it. If you read the last few paragraphs of the transcript of this podcast without getting bored and wandering off, then congratulations. You are a member of a teeny, tiny minority of the population whose reward networks in their brains are not so fried that they need constant, childlike, superhero-movie-slash-smartphone-game levels of flashing colors and stimulation to keep you interested and engaged. Well done.

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Ann Glover's avatar

I must confess, I read what I thought was an article linked to the recording first, before realising that it was the actual transcription! 😂 Then started listening to the recording and had déjà vu.... I think, on the whole, I prefer reading to listening, as it's just so much quicker. Can take more in when I read, too, without my attention wandering off.😬

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