The Psychology of Short Form Content and Why We Should Diversify Our Information Diet

21/01/2025 57 min

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Episode Synopsis

Modern society is fast paced, especially our information environments. From social media to our text exchanges, we interact in short bursts and increasingly spend a disproportionate amount of time consuming short form content. Short videos, articles, summaries have come to dominate our information diets. Spoiler - it's not all good. Leaning on research and our own work, we examine the implications and consequences of surrendering to short form, and why it's a good idea once and a while to put down your device and pick up a book.