Riots here and there. Censorship and cancellations, blah blah.
I need a bubble. I have tried to keep myself insulated but it's
not working that well. I suspect that much of the hooplala we
have to hear about is largely inconsequensal except for the part
it plays in fragmenting democracies. So, to pay attention is to
expose yourself to these mind viruses.
There's plenty of talk about echo chambers, but not enough about
nice and cushy filter bubbles. I am motivated to keep myself
informed of almost all kinds of topics, but I want to filter out
the political shit that covers these topics. I do not want you
to assume that your moral agenda applies to me. Just give me the
facts in a digestible form. If you have an agenda, present it
honestly as an individual and not as a part of a mob.
My life with my leaking bubble is getting worse. Maybe it's
because of the winter, maybe it's the isolation, but I feel this
underlying background noise of anxiety all the time and I am
quite sure if I could somehow just stop taking in this bullshit
it would go away.
It's like I am liminally aware of all the random arguments I have
heard recently, and my mind is unable to escape their gravity.
And it is only the bad arguments. My mind happens to be the sort
that goes after internal inconsistences and these days I am too
aware of too many things going on and I could point out the
inconsistences all day long, but there is absolutely no one who'd
care or take the critisism seriously, so what is the point?
