Slaves to the Sound Bite

Our society has lost its ability to listen, reason and relate. Thousands of times per day, we are bombarded by messages and images. So much so that we have fooled ourselves into believing we are unaffected and immune. Worldviews have become fragmented. We have collapsed our view of reality into a tiny portal though which we attempt to make decisions. In doing so, we have lost our frame of reference in which to make sound judgments. If we are not careful, we unwittingly allow someone else to do our thinking for us. (more…)