And so it goes

Of course, it seems that the summer is truly heating up (providing ever more evidence that increased heat does indeed cause more violence) around the world. With Ukraine and the Middle East being especially contentious. I find myself more and more removed from the zeitgeist: most of it consisting of shrill cries on facebook, twitter and the more insidious views on the news. Honestly, I visited facebook for the first time in months, and it was clowns on the left, jokers to the right (especially when one considers the Israeli conflict)... I was immediately disgusted and shut it down; mainly because I was about to go on a rant and shout everyone down.
Still, with the news and feeds seemingly so shrill, what's one to do? I mentioned how to deal with the new news paradigm that exists in the world today. Nevertheless, I think that there is some good that comes out of the current set up. First, it is allowing for more voices to be heard. Sure that leads to more misinformation, but as an adherent of the democratic ideal, I would say that it's all for the best. Even before the advent of social media, one could say that many views were being suppressed. And even though it's a bunch of shouting, it seems that some views are now being heard more. Give a round of applause for free speech, no matter how ugly.
Because that is what matters here. This shift is what's causing the shrillness, I dare say. It may continue, but it may be that it's only those who were used to hearing only their voice are getting shouted down. That the Internet comments sections is part of this change is a good thing. Of course, I mentioned that some aspects of the mob mentality is no good (one cannot just shout, they must listen as well, and argue in good faith), but once we can move away from that, we can surely move towards more open discussion. We shall see, but I have hope.
On that note, dear reader, do not fret for a novella of mine will be up soon. A little bit of an oddity, it will be out everywhere. I will only be publishing short novels and larger from here on out. Until I see a reason to do otherwise, I will either send out the shorts for publishing elsewhere, or if it's too 'odd' I will publish them here. It seems a little much to publish other, smaller pieces as ebooks. Though I will certainly try to make them available in any form possible.