Resisting A Pandemic of Mass Mediocrity
We are drowning in a sea of hyperbole and quick fire messaging. An adrenaline fix for many…
Julian Rose
I think many would coalesce around the observation that ‘information’, whether on WhatsApp, X, Facebook, or other social media sites, has become a form of toxic distraction from what used to be called ‘acquiring knowledge’.
We are drowning in a sea of hyperbole and quick fire messaging. An adrenaline fix for many—its adherents have developed an inseparable relationship with their Smartphones or similar devices plus an increasingly all consuming fascination with innovations like ChatGPT.
‘Keeping up to date’ with never ending streams of information is an almost reflexive action for many. Just be in a public place and observe human activity—the staccato like frequency that the phone is pulled from the pocket to check for any new incoming communication.
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