It’s a little crazy around here this weekend. My youngest child is turning 14 (HOW did that happen?). My daughter is FINALLY packing to move in to her college dorm tomorrow. And I’ve got just a few things to do. So I will keep today’s post brief, with a valuable piece of advice from New York Times opinion writer Liz Bruenig: log off.
Bruenig recently appeared on the podcast The Argument to discuss the intersection of religion and politics in America, and at the end of the show, she offered a recommendation. She pointed out that while we need to be wary of untrue, misleading information on the Internet, we also need to be aware of the negative effects of too much truthful, and discouraging, information. She said,
“I don’t think we’re actually particularly well-designed to cope with getting news of the entire world updated every 10 minutes on a live stream… It used to be the sole province of God to know a full accounting of all the human evil that was happening at any given time. Now it’s the province of any Twitter user, and it’s a heavy burden. So log off.”
Elizabeth Bruenig
Excellent advice, right? How do you handle the onslaught of information we are exposed to each day, especially in the challenging time of corona? Share your thoughts… and then log off and enjoy your weekend!
Thanks for getting nerdy with me!
