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Marthe48

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4. We have become so oriented toward looking

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 12:27 PM

Nov 2022

and not reading. You have good ideas and I wish more of us would try to stay focused when someone is trying to explain. Maybe part of the ignorance problem is that as time goes on, we humans are required to pay attention less and less. I think we're paying for that by not taking in enough information, and it gets easier to tune out, unless we really need to know.

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I've always thought the news stations should do this. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #1

Yes, this and less 'opinion' reporting pandr32 Nov 2022 #2

We have become so oriented toward looking Marthe48 Nov 2022 #4

I would much rather read & watch something, but yes, I think that's the minority view these days. CrispyQ Nov 2022 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Marthe48 Nov 2022 #3