[ericdykstra]

Indeed. When ~journalists~ spend their whole day on Twitter, it means their resolution of the world is incredibly minute.

Think about the most significant events from 2005. If you're looking back at that resolution, the small day-to-day stuff gets filtered out. The signal to noise ratio of what's actually significant is pretty good.

These journalists are literally involved in the minute to minute. They wouldn't even notice the signal if it kicked them in the head, because they live in the noise.

[castlecrasher2]

>They wouldn't even notice the signal if it kicked them in the head, because they live in the noise.

This is a pretty apt description for that entire group, really. Many people live exclusively in the consumer world and have largely abandoned foundations of society like building a family or participating in local community, and I think it manifests in the internet tribalism we see.

[ericdykstra]

Indeed; it's unfortunate, really.

I step in and out of engaging in political discourse online, but spend most of my time outside of it. I only come back to test my (hopefully) improved perspective to see how my worldview holds up against the critiques that the internet throws at me.

I'm about due to another half year or more recess away from social media, though. It definitely wears on you.