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Subject: Re: Are faster time controls due to a faster paced society or no patience?

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 22:20:03 09/06/02

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On September 07, 2002 at 01:10:59, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On September 07, 2002 at 01:08:08, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>It's too bad that even our World Chess Events are going to faster and faster
>>time controls, but why is this? Is it a combination of a faster paced society
>>that is always in a rush to go from point A to point B and/or has no patience
>>like our past generations had? Does anyone have a good explanation for this ?
>
>2 minute attention spans, cultured by our society and our media.
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 Dan, very nicely put in a one sentence phrase. Hit the nail right on the head!

Regards,
      Terry



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