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by brev (1827)

I read an awful lot of news on the web. I've noticed that while I feel better informed and more alarmed than I ever have been, at the same time I feel strangely out of touch, not sure if I'm walking on air.

Because I know that right alongside me in those miles of fiber optic cables, some other person is reading their favorite news sites and getting equally alarmed -- in totally opposite ways.

Given the huge firehose of info it's distressingly easy to grep out stuff that fits your own neuroses. I *think* my

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