TIL: evolution of movie shots

https://www.wired.com/2014/09/cinema-is-evolving/

The average shot length of English language films has declined from about 12 seconds in 1930 to about 2.5 seconds today.

TIL: Manichaeism

a dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic, and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the 3rd century by Manes ( c. 216– c. 276). The system was based on a supposed primeval conflict between light and darkness. It spread widely in the Roman Empire and in Asia, and survived in eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) until the 13th century.

Boolean logic is a mathematical version of an old Christian heresy.