Slow Fast Near Far

I think (and write) about consumption a lot, because—as someone who loves to create things—what I consume informs what I produce, and the time and energy I spend consuming are resources I cannot use to make things.

Consequently, I use several mental models to help keep things balanced, and one of them is focused on the perceptual distance of what I’m taking in.

World news contains data about things happening far away: on the other side of the planet, or even off-planet, at times.

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