Is society growing stupider? The clues are simple and repeated

> Take the Netflix film “Irish Wish,”

So I went and checked, and it really is a ~90-minute thing, but I wonder if the excessive-exposition could partly be explained by habits (or cancelled plans) involving multi-part TV shows, where it's less-weird to remind viewers of details that might be--in their own timeline--a week in the past.

> According to actor Matt Damon, filmmakers are told: “It wouldn’t be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue, because people are on their phones while they’re watching.”

OK, well, that's just depressing... or at least, the idea that someone is being distracted playing on their phone while watching the movie on a larger screen is depressing.

In contrast, if it means people are watching on their phones while riding the bus or whatever, and distracted by external events... That's not so bad, because it's a story of where people watch rather than their (in)ability to focus.

The "simple/simplified" theme here is repeated numerous times without much insight or exploration. Tragically beyond ironic.

Neon yellow journalism and book promo! I bet this guy has a newsletter.