there is a saying that what you consume is what you become. it is often thrown around with food, but i heard Joe Rogan mention the other day that this could also be true with media. that by consuming too much knowledge that is unhealthy, you will poison yourself in another manner. too many car crashes, mass shootings, ignorant politicians, the list never ends. stuck inside our minds, fighting for our attention and creating a colored lens for which we then go out and see the world.

it reminds me of what an old boss of mine said when i worked as a reporter another lifetime ago. ‘here in china, we write the good/positive stories in the front, then put some of the bad/negative stuff in the back’ this was his argument against turning our publication into something that people wanted, intrigue, vice, action. just like the one apple you were supposed to stay away from, we constantly are putting our fingers as close to the fire as we can get. we know what is wrong, but refuse to fix it. such a great world, but we will still do our best to wreck it. one of the fallacies of man.