Aaron risked everything to make academic papers available to everyone.

However, nowadays we are used to bite-sized, easily digestible content: headlines, short videos, and tutorials. Most of us gave up engaging in deeper, more nuanced thinking.

He invented RSS to read more and more effectively. We invented TLDR.

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It’s not all bad. I’m seeing a penchant for action in folks who now seem to have the confidence to try things with readily available instruction. Lots of creativity happening- so while we might not be getting the literary depth, richness is being built elsewhere