22 jul 2012

there are a million things going on and i can't think of a single thing to say to you. i mean, there's the tragedy in aurora, but who wants to talk about that and besides, what can be said that's original... or even better - useful. penn state's in a disgraceful mess, but again, what's there to say that hasn't been said, that would make a difference, that would add value. and so on and so forth. it's not even original to say that there's nothing to say.

we're ceaselessly bombarded by pieces of news rendered nearly useless by their proximity and similarity with previous pieces. continual news feeds render the individual pieces of news, ironically, not new. breaking stories are released in painfully incremental streaming tidbits which form a steady diet of urgency, like being on the freeway behind that guy who keeps. hitting. his. brakes.

elevating the importance of each tiny piece undermines our ability to discern anything real, inoculates us against urgency, and foments complacency.