Hopeful, but not convinced

The title sums up my initial feelings re the "More Space Project - what happens if you give bloggers more space". There are a few reasons for this, firstly, to quote the project's blog FAQ:

One constraint with blogging is space. A typical entry can't normally go longer than 500 words without losing the reader attention.

The problem isn't space at all, you have all the space you want, the problem is simply:

(blog) content > attention (time) available

As such, I don't see how essays are going to help, I still have about 10 Change This manifestos (essays?) that I've downloaded and not yet had a chance to read (I read a lot, and I've just had a 20 day holiday too).

Which brings me to another point from the FAQ:

Finally, we want to see if bloggers can develop projects to make money.

Eh? But this isn't blogging, it's just writing, and people have been getting this right for some time now. As for seeing if a blogger i.e. a person that blogs, can develop essentially unrelated projects that make money... I already have

I said I'm hopeful though, that's because of the inclusion of audio formats (which I will listen too) and a printed book (which I'll buy if what I hear is worthwhile).

Good luck guys, we'll be watching...!

Ps. 10 000 words is about 50 times the length of this post, got the time/attention/inclination?