With the rise of information access, we can revel in the benefits of the myriad of research (and opinions) of others, but it can also feel that there is simply too much information to take in. I do use the web to research, but often get distracted from my original line of enquiry.
I am not a great lover of social media – I find myself deleting emails from the range of platforms that kindly suggest topics I may be interested in, and I don’t have a Facebook account as it seems to raise more issues than solutions.
It isn’t because I’m not interested; in fact I often agree with what is being said (as you can choose what you follow and we follow what we tend to agree with), but I find myself overloaded with information and as a result struggle to filter what others are doing or saying without a feeling of inadequacy. Should we be following that? Do we have enough protein in our meals? Are we recycling enough?
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