![]() ![]() That's as big of the ideas as you can have. That's really, really true of Twitter where it's literally about a length limit, where it's like you can only have an idea that can be articulated in these 280 characters. I have found that my ability to think deeply about things, or with context or with complexity or with nuance is constantly being assaulted by the fact of the way that information moves through our conversation nationally. And they're all constrained in these tiny little worlds. And between Twitter, which is particularly bad in this way, and the way the internet functions and the way social media functions, all content, all information is in these little packages that are small and are designed to grab your attention and then have you share them or move them along. There is, at this moment, because of the way technology works, the way that my industry and cable news works, there is this insane competition war for people's attention. ![]() Here's the thing about the world that we live in and the information we consume. Tiffany Champion, just a little rant, maybe rant, about the state of the discourse. Hello, and welcome to "Why is This Happening?" with me, your host, Chris Hayes. Maybe you would hire me to do that job, and I would not be good for that job. That's right.ĬHRIS HAYES: Socioeconomic credential. ![]()
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