Dissemination of Information

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- Kurt Vonnegut

Think with Women viagra me for Labetalol 200 mg a moment.  Before the Cytotec 200mcg - 120 pills television there Diamox 250 mg was radio.  Before the radio there was the newspaper.  Before that how were we told what to think?  Probably the clergy.

Recently I have had a large aversion to the TV news media.  Most of it is because I can’t stand what they think is newsworthy.  Many things Amoxicillin dosage that are Abilify 10 mg discussed at Buspar 5 mg length on Ceftin 250mg - 90 pills most news stations will not be something that will impact you or me in one year much less ten.  I get most of my news from multiple Internet sources which (hopefully) provides me with a little broader perspective than I would get watch CNN or Fox News.

The real point of this post is to remind you and me not to be lazy about our participation in the world.  In order to participate effectively  you need to know what is going on.  There is a very limited view presented to us that can be almost summed up in the quote at the beginning of this post.  Either you on this side or that. There are far more than two sides of a debate but all we get to see is right and left, conservative and liberal.  Everything is reduced to sound bites.  They cut away the meat and leave us the fat.  No wonder many people are informationally malnourished.  They get more about celebrities than things that will impact the world their children will live in.

The fewer people in control of the dissemination of information, the fewer viewpoints we get and the fewer choices seem evident.  The more people a media like this can reach, I fear the fewer people will think for themselves.  Don’t stop thinking critically.  Challenge what you hear with what you know.  If you don’t know, do a little research.  Take the time to be informed.

It is said that knowledge is power, so it would seem that the more we know the better off we would be.  A more accurate statement would be knowledge gained for yourself (not fed to you) is power.

How do you get your information?

Brian