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I can relate that to my personal experience, I often choose not to watch a movie since I don't want to spend a couple of hours on entertainment but end up watching youtube videos for a longer time


"Dolphins are said to sleep with only half their brain at a time, keeping partially alert for predators. Many of us spend much of our lives in a similar state." This is definitely deep.


It's human tendency to glorify the past and undermine the present",

I vehemently disagree with the statement that HN is declining in quality. concluding that HN is declining is like concluding that we live in a chaotic world, while globally violence is at an all time low [1] . Or undermining Dale Steyn in comparison to Malcolm Marshall or Dennis Lillee [2]. Cricket and Football fans would laugh at comparisons of Kohli with Tendulkar or Neymar with Ronaldinho while records speak otherwise [3] [4]. Aren't we falling prey to the same cognitive bias here.

[1] : http://www.slate.com/.../the_world_is_not_falling_apart... [2] : http://www.espncricinfo.com/mag.../content/story/603756.html [3] : http://www.hindustantimes.com/.../story... [4] : http://www.goal.com/.../neymar-matches-ronaldinhos...


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