I think we really need to get over the idea of trying to get our content perpetually propagated out to the population, or trying to not miss out on consuming ev

I think we really need to get over the idea of trying to get our content perpetually propagated out to the population, or trying to not miss out on consuming every single bit of content in a category. It's okay to live in a small community. Hell, it's okay to live in an enclave of a small community. There were whole sections of various topic boards I never visited, with active members there that I would not have recognized because they didn't visit the sections I frequented. It's okay to miss out on things. It's okay to not know about the latest JavaScript framework because it was developed in a community of stamp enthusiasts instead of your community of train enthusiasts. It's okay that fashion in Milan takes time to propagate to NYC and then to the country. It's okay to not hear about every single humanitarian crisis in the world when we can't reasonably do anything about it and we have our own to handle here at home. So much energy is put into pushing content, pushing pushing pushing. Boredom is okay! All this hyper optimization of content dissemination has started to feel like a system of control. Keep people preoccupied, overwhelmed with the enormity of the world. Then they won't question the coal plant in their back yard.