28 October 2013

Chart: 20th Century Headlines Rewritten To Get More Clicks





Comic-maker Randall Munroe of XKCD has made very astute observations of how many online news websites are guilty of tweaking their headlines just to get more views on the site.



In this chart, Munroe imagines how the headlines of important 20th century milestones would be written today, making it an entertaining read.



Although the chart is meant to be funny, it is also a thought-provoking reflection of our current short attention spans, suggesting that the technology we have today may have made us a lot more superficial.



[via XKCD]