Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.
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[W]hat suffers in the atmosphere of immediacy is analysis. What suffers in this search for speed is depth. The media in the wealthy world are becoming increasingly simplistic, superficial, and celebrity-focused.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Immediacy in media prioritizes speed over deep analysis, leading to shallow content.
Laurie Garrett highlights the detrimental effects of a fast-paced, immediacy-driven media landscape on the quality of information. She argues that as media outlets rush to deliver news quickly, they sacrifice thoughtful analysis and depth, resulting in simplistic, superficial coverage that often focuses more on celebrity than substantive issues.
Themes
MediaImmediacyAnalysisDepthSuperficiality
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the decline of journalism, you might refer to this quote to emphasize the loss of depth in reporting.
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