TMI

http://www.relationship-economy.com/?p=5222

I think William Van Winkle says it best, Americans are "ingesting information constantly to the point of choking on it. " Everyday we take in so much information and most of the time only retain a very small percentage of it. If this idea of actually how much information we are comprehending is common knowledge among most all americans, they why do we constantly seek to find additional information knowing that we will most likely forget it? Some might say that it is the medias' fault that we are exposed to mounds of information, particularly false accusations of the "rich and famous"; however, why does the media keeps supplying and falsifying news?

This question is easily answered with the quote from Mr. Winkle himself. Americans love "knowing everything", for lack of better terms. If it was not for us repeatedly buying and talking about all this news, then the media would no longer have a market for it. To go along with the words of Mr. Winkle, the media supplys us with the "food" and we choose to continually over eat it to the point of "choking" ourselves. Getting TMI (too much information) can even have proven side effects such as overconfidence and weakened vision.

 I think people in the U.S.A. really need to evaluate themselves to see if the information they are bringing in is really necessary. Obviously there is some information that you are unwilling going to hear, but there is also a lot of news that we could steer away from. This small act could keep us from voluntarily "choking" ourselves daily.