[washingtondc]

It's extremely long? Maybe I'm a bit older than most readers here (I'm 38), but has the average readers attention span shrunk that much?

Nuance cannot always come in bite-sized chunks. BTW, I read the article (on a plane - the print edition, no less) - it's worth the time.

[rmorrison]

What's this "print" you mention?

[washingtondc]

The Atlantic

It's a very good magazine.

[petercooper]

Yes, it has. When this article first came round I read it all because it was interesting but it's certainly way above the median length of articles that do well here (and above the median of most online content, I'd argue). I'd certainly bill it as being "rather long," though wouldn't go as far as "extremely."

[OmniLarry]

Well worth the time, but probably shouldn't have started reading it at 1am, right before bed!

[akadien]

I'm afraid the modern attention span is becoming limited to 140 characters.