Compression

As a consequence of Short-form content, Information density must go up On a per-content basis Or it is quickly deemed irrelevant.

This means; human communication protocols are self-compressing over time; a hallmark of civilization maturity.

Worry not, about its addictive effects.

Natural selection will weed out the ones addicted who lose agency.

Plan for what it means to have a species that operates at such high communication information densities,

while also living an average of 100 years.

civilization trends toward information compression

• Driven by Compression Progress: A Simple Principle Explains Essential Aspects of Subjective Beauty, Novelty, Surprise, Interestingness, Attention, Curiosity, Creativity, Art, Science, Music, Jokes

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A Counter-Argument

Conditioning for short attention spans with shallow, impressionable information is neither information compression nor a hallmark of anything.

You are wrong, and you’re deducting praises for civilization from an exploited dopamine trigger.