Uncle_Spenser t1_iuf125j wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Reply to comment by Buderus69 in When you see an actor who seems familiar, do you feel like you need to KNOW who he played before? by fabrizziop17

I used to be a pro in identifying actors by name, etc., but I'm slowly getting worse at this. It might be because I spent less time watching films or there are a lot of new faces in the industry that I do not care about that much...

I simply don't store that data in my brain anymore as I can access it at any point from a device that I always have in my pocket.

The other truth is - I also don't care that much, because I personally believe there's overall decline in quality as most films and shows aim at making money instead of being actually original and interesting.

Buderus69 t1_iuf4gjm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:14 PM

I feel like this has to do with the accessability of information and the exponential growth of data that we have to digest on a daily basis in comparison to back then.

We got so used to not needing to know information, but instead knowing how and where to find his information, that our brain adjusted to outsource this need for storage.

I also noticed I got worse with this kind of information, I was a lot better at memorizing infos.

vinnybankroll t1_iugad6j wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:25 AM

You can’t possibly be talking about shows here. Did you watch tv in the 80s? It’s almost never been anything but an ad selling product, just now we have experienced actors, writers and production crews.