The perils of oversimplifcation
Twitter gives you 140 characters to make a point. If I don't break this blog up into little tiny paragraphs, you may skim its words, if read it at all. Study after study shows that Americans have either shorter attention spans or multitask to the point that they need information quickly and concisely. Not saying any of this is good or bad... or even that these are new problems. Shakespeare said in Richard III : "Tis better to be brief than tedious." That was back in the 16th century. But our world of soundbytes seems to have led to hyperbole and oversimplification that, perhaps, are not the best ways to examine what is anything but a simple world. We can see this all over the place. The recent frenzy over Planned Parenthood's federal funding comes to mind. The soundbyte was "They use funding for abortions." That's interesting when only 3% of Planned Parenthood's operations deal with abortion. Cutting funding would kinda be like if your doctor tells y