There really is too much information!

Something hit me today.  Not physically, no, but the idea that there is too much information out there; internet, Twitter, Facebook, Insta-thingies, blogs, news channels, YouTube, etc… All these media keep pushing information out.  So many claims make this ubiquitous participation of people in expressing opinion as fact – “if I believe it, it’s a fact” –  distorts truth, and  is misleading.  By this logic, we should have witnessed an increasing trend in people jumping out of windows using towels as capes, or whatever movies inspire us to do these days.  Seriously, it is one reason why you and I have become more disconnected and more opinionated than ever.

My parents were always worried when I was a kid that I’d attempt to fly out the window like superman, so they avoided buildings, and now I cannot imagine living more than a meter above ground level. 

I know there are differences of opinion on everything out there.  So why don’t we see people jumping out the windows nowadays?  The internet has also provided access to beneficial information that teaches us, at basic levels, that movies are a story just like a book.  But that’s really not it.  I think it’s because the number of movies and videos released nowadays is growing exponentially, and even the dumbest of us would notice the same actors dying in previous movies acting in new ones.  What matters is that, with this influx of too much information in all its forms, we, the people, tend to hang on to the source that gives us what we want to hear. 

Everyone knows it, but everyone falls for it. 

Media was and is going to decide what we are fed, since it is now public knowledge that our brains do not decide what to absorb and what not at the subconscious level.  But that’s conspiracy stuff, yes, just like you were kept from noticing a time anomaly on May 7, 2020.  

“is quantas an animal?”

How many times have you or someone you know done a search on Google (or others) and checked the results before selecting which link to hit for that information.  I do agree that google provides too much information on any search topic to begin with. But I’m talking about basic things.  Like “is quantas an animal?”  First few sites, don’t say it, damn it.  Let me click “images”.  There it is – a pic of an animal with Quantas written below it!  No, wait. It’s the airline planning to name one of their airplanes after the animal “quokka”, which is in the picture.  It takes a few searches before you finally let it sink in, admit defeat and move on.  That was the case with “is quantas an animal?”. 

But imagine wanting to know if after losing something, you will find another. Or wether this specific direction is the one my life will take. Really endless questions, searching for biased answers, for some reason, one way or another. 

our brains do not decide what to absorb and what not at the subconscious level.

Let the internet give me all the satisfaction I need.

Thousands and thousands of blogs, articles, memos all demonstrating the fortune for all who found new and better jobs after being a gun found, yeah, yeah, you get it now.  “Payroll” fix out.  “Hopeful” fix in.  And it’s healthy.  Positivity is contagious. 

But my point is entirely to make it clear that to maintain distance and avoid a pull towards or away from an idea is always a bias in all humans.  That is why moving on is not about finding the answers to the repeating questions on why, how, how come, etc…  It’s about diverting the whole attention, thought process and will to look for the positives that do not fit into the equations, which in my case would be not to look for answers to: 

• “I am good, so it means they kept someone who’s better connected?” 
• Or that “my boss likes someone else over me?” 
• It could be along the lines of “that’s because I disagreed with them?” 
• Or even better, “why me when I accepted demotions, cutting bonuses, and was prepared to cut salary as well?”

It does not matter.  We always seek the path that fits what we crave most.  And that, my dear reader, is the opposite of moving on. 

I am lucky in that sense. 

So say the KPI results for every position I held, and these are facts from facts, and not facts of my opinions.  I am good, and if I want to be humble, then I am lucky.  Most likely a bit of both. I have the strength, resolve, skills and intention to move forward.  And….I can slow down time.  

Ignore the questions of the past.

The events in this world can strengthen our resolve today, and shatter our hopes the next.  Deep down you really know the reasons for many things.  Throw out what you can’t factually answer, come to terms with them, pack your stuff and move on.  The world has more opportunities than misfortune, depending on your priorities and having the right tools.  Most importantly, our lives and their worth demand that we stop dwelling in a past that will prove even more mysterious than the future.