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by goddessoflists 1003 days ago
> I am always torn between reading and not reading. I think reading energizes me regardless of whether I can effect change on the topic.

If it energises you/brings you joy, then why question it?

> Simply having awareness can be beneficial on some level.

It is, but what I realised at one point that there are just too many things to fix and you can spend your entire life becoming aware about them. I think it's better to choose a few or even one problem and go deep or actually do something. But, as I wrote in the post, that's something that works well for me. YMVV.

Edit: John Green explains this well in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bew3EMicf8g