Tech & Tonic

Food For Thought…

Posted on 10. Oct, 2007 by Ian Grist in Journal

Was reading Brett’s tour blog while The Riot Before is out on tour again, and his last paragraph really hit me. Interesting stuff…Brett is quite the author:

I have been thinking a lot recently about the news, about how we now have the ability to know what’s going on almost anywhere in the world, and how, though that can be really beneficial at times, it’s also incredibly draining and potentially harmful, at least psychologically. After all, we evolved in small communities mostly unaware of all the countless tragedies happening elsewhere. We knew about what happened where we lived and we were able to not only feel sad or to empathize, but to actually offer tangible relief to those suffering. But now we have news 24 hours a day informing us that bombs have exploded, that bridges have collapsed, that dictators have tortured, that corporations have cheated, that elections were fixed, and on, and on, and on. Unceasing despair. And of a kind and quantity we just weren’t made to be able to handle. It’s just far too much. So while I don’t think ignorance is the answer, moderation is. I think it’s really important to be able to sit on a sidewalk with your friends and eat a pizza some generous stranger gave you, and to be happy. To, for that moment at least, and for many other moments like it, move out from under the cloud of despair we’ve built with our technology, to see life in front of you, to enjoy free pizza, and just as importantly, to not miss a moment to give someone else a slice.

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