Look, I think this whole panic about TikTok ruining attention spans is just the latest version of the same moral panic we've seen forever. People said the same about TV, about video games, about rock music. But here's what actually matters: attention spans aren't a fixed thing - they adapt to context.
I can sit through a three-hour movie just fine, and I still read books. The difference is I also enjoy quick, funny clips when I'm waiting in line or eating lunch. That's not a damaged attention span - that's just using different modes for different situations.
The real issue isn't TikTok. It's that we're blaming a platform for what's actually just how humans have always consumed content. We had short stories, comic strips, and commercials long before smartphones existed. Short-form content is just a natural part of how we engage with media, not some new disease eating our brains.
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