Now I'll ramble a bit for why I love this essay so much– it's such a powerful reminder that so many of the bloody conversations we're having all the time about

Now I'll ramble a bit for why I love this essay so much– it's such a powerful reminder that so many of the bloody conversations we're having all the time about what the Apple Watch is going to do or what AR is going to do, and how our kids are going crazy with texting and lolcats, etc– it's been played out over and over and over throughout the generations, and this time isn't particularly unique. I guess I often am hopeful to encounter other people who realize that we're in this loop of entertainment, that everything fits within a broader context, and that we don't need to get so worked up over little details about little thing so often. [1] I wish we could spend more time getting to the end of these conversations quicker, because the end of each conversation is the start of a new one. It feels so tiresome and tedious to have to go through all the details over and over again. I suppose that's a necessary "evil", or just human nature– we're always going to want to talk about current affairs as though they're somehow Truly Novel And Significant– and I suppose at the opposite end of the spectrum, nothing is, so... what then? I don't know. The more I read, the less I know. I just feel like there ought to be an alternative between becoming apathetic/nihilistic, and getting caught up in every "new" piece of news. I think this essay sorta-implies it, but stops there. Would LOVE to hear from anybody who's grappled with this themselves– I'm sure there are some of you! ___ [1]I'm aware of the possibility that something might actually be of dramatic significance– see quote about Romans talking about Barbarians– but I'm thinking "I read 4 books this year, ohnoes" isn't all that crazy/groundbreaking. "I spent a year away from social media"– ugh, seriously? Can't we get past that stuff? What comes after that?