Question

1. what does the following quote from captain beatty’s rant show about people’s attention spans in the future? (page 52) “classics cut to fit fifteen - minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two - minute book column, winding up at last as a ten - or twelve - line dictionary resume. i exaggerate, of course. the dictionaries were for reference. but many were those whose sole knowledge of hamlet (you know the title certainly, montag; it is probably only a faint rumor of a title to you, mrs. montag), whose sole knowledge, as i say, of hamlet was a one - page digest in a book that claimed: now at last you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbors. do you see? out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there’s your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more.” response: this quote shows that people in this future society have a severely limited attrition span.

Explanation:

The quote shows classics are constantly condensed to fit shorter - and shorter time frames or spaces, indicating people can't engage with long - form content, thus having limited attention spans.

Answer:

This quote shows that people in this future society have a severely limited attention span.