world of social media

“Living in a world of social media, where passion is considered on a par with information and where surrounding oneself with a coterie of sycophants passes for critical thinking and cherry picking sources is as close as most people get to being ‘well informed’.” - Rory Miller, Chiron Blog ‘Dripping Integrity’

Comment: Being well-informed takes a lot more, as one can realize from reading this short quote, work and effort than most will endure. This falls into that category of over-coming the freeze. What I mean is where ever we see some terse definition or expression of being “well-informed” actually takes a lot of study and understanding through questions and applications for and by experiences in the subject matter. It depends heavily on how you tackle the issue, i.e., as with the freeze recognize that you are using limited information and that you are being influenced by group emotional effects and that what you are hearing is only part of the story. Acknowledge that you are falling for the sound-bite and “cherry picking” effect and make yourself immediately and without hesitation seek out more in regard to the “Rest of the story.” 

A bit like “Framing Cell Phone Video’s” to suit the particular agenda of the recording person or the person presenting the video with attached information presupposing some seemingly hidden agenda. Recognize that an agenda is attached, recognize that the material is framed to represent and presuppose that agenda and then without hesitation make yourself seek out the “Rest of the Story.”