Why the Guardian is going down the pan!
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Still publishing this charlatan:
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Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen | Psychology | The Guardian
Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
And I don't think reading a book by Johann Hari would be top of my list of things to do to fix any focus issues that I might have.Still publishing this charlatan:
Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen | Psychology | The Guardian
Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
exacty - tl;dr innit
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
Yeah, could not be arsed finishing whatever he was drivelling on about, there was just so much ME ME ME ME ME
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
116 instances of the word 'I' in a 'science' article.
I don't know why he does this. Does he fancy himself as some sort of gonzo journalist or did he only listen to one lecture at journalism about humanising a story? That whole made up preface was utterly superfluous - the whole world knows that the internet has ruined many an attention span among us. He could have saved himself the bother with one small paragraph pointing this out, then gone straight into the science bits. Even then, why does he insist on saying 'I spoke to Dr Hfuhruhurr of Oxbridge University and he told me....' rather than 'Dr Uumellmahaye of Camford Institute says...'?
It's ironic that he's writing about attention span, as his style is a bit like an Adam Curtis documentary - "Meanwhile at exactly the same time, on the other side of the world, a brilliant scientist had made an amazing discovery which he believed....'- dashing from point to point and losing the overall narrative,
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Who is this Johann Harri and what's his story? I've not heard of him 
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
This basically. Flounced from journalism after being caught plagiarising and sock-puppeting. Now makes a living as a sort of bargain basement Malcolm Gladwell figure, repackaging and sensationalising other people's far more interesting work.
he was very keen to continue with his journalism work - and his employers were keen to let him - until it became clear that was untenable, at least until he'd buggered off for a while.
It's an incredibly one-dimensional, neuroscientific view of attention in any case. And this is because he doesn't know what he's really talking about. On the plus side, he goes and talks to some people who do know what they are talking about. But on the negative side, he then presents those peoples' perspectives as if this is the whole picture. It isn't the whole picture, though. He is essentially peeking into a room through a keyhole and claiming the things he can see are the only things in the room. The entire part of the room that relates to what we mean by attention, what the function of attention is, what is culturally expected from it and us, how these things can be alternatively represented -- all invisible.
flypanam
Sausage to fortune
Novelist and head hunted academic is wracked by self doubt. Goes on holiday to Paris, can’t get into a museum because its Monday buys silver thingy, feels better.
www.theguardian.com
Dunno why they don’t ask a mum on UC how they feel?
A moment that changed me: I was crippled by negative thoughts – then I bought a silver bracelet
My self-esteem was at rock bottom, but on a break from my academic job I found myself in Paris. As I wandered through the city, an impulse buy gave me hope I could value myself again
Dunno why they don’t ask a mum on UC how they feel?
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Rob Ray
Weight is meaningless
Adrian Chiles always is low-hanging fruit for this thread, but "I don't know how councils or Google work, someone do my job for me please" is a particularly good one.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I think that's one of his more substantial pieces. Local 'democracy' is in fact totally inpenetrable to the uninitiated.
Wonder how much he gets paid for it? I mean I'm sure I could knock out a couple of insubstantial and pointless paragraphs for a fee. (I mean look at all the practice I've had on here...)
rekil
to menny cranks
Semi puff piece on Rishi Sunak complete with pics that hide his tinyness - "committed to balancing the books" and all that guff.
www.theguardian.com
Rishi Sunak: the polished ‘tech bro’ with low-tax dreams
With Britain facing a cost of living crisis, is it time for one of its wealthiest ever prime ministers?
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
FFS.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Whilst sitting on a cash pile of a billion quid. A purportedly socialist newspaper.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
It is?
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Go on, tell us, what in your view makes the Guardian a 'purportedly socialist newspaper'? I wouldn't think anyone could ever describe it as such, and I'm pretty sure the Guardian editors, owners, shareholders, etc would have a collective fucking coronary at such a suggestion.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i think you'll find it's always called itself a liberal newspaper.
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