"But also don't delude yourself into thinking that tweeting and facebooking are revolutionary acts. They're about as revolutionary as watching CNN. " I totally disagree. Spreading knowledge is always better than simply receiving it. Actually doing something is better yet, but let's face it: Most of us can't do more than stand in traffic and get noticed. Getting other people to notice is the point, and spreading the m…
Unfortunately it seems that sometimes too much information leads to apathy, if we know all the problems of the world our ability to affect change in any single one seems diminished. Maybe it would be better to know less and focus on that instead.
But the challenge isn't in knowing which sources to "turn off." It's in knowing which sources to trust and to emphasize over the others. It's in separating the signal from the noise. But on the balance, it's generally a good thing that we've got more information rather than less.