With so much going on in the walking world and on Steem, it is really hard to find the focus point, as the attention is being pulled constantly from one thing to another, with work, family, Steem, housing, travel, illness and then with the overarching Corona virus conditions that affect everything in some way. It is tiring.

Hear, hear! I so value those moments of calm reflection when I force myself to quiet the mind, but the trick is I have to remember to tell myself to disengage from all the drama. Good luck getting ready for your move, those are always a ton of work.

One of the major flaws of the internet as while there is a mountain of information, the flow is so fast and furious in the realms that catalyze strong emotional reaction, that our attention is drawn even if the information doesn't serve us well. With the speed of flow and the constant change of direction, only snippets of information are possible to grasp and then these bits of "knowledge" get meaning applied and then extrapolated into the greater experience to become an actionable belief system.

Given our high distractibility on average as humans and our ability to self-hypnotize, it's no wonder that most are totally addicted to the high-velocity unlimited entertainment available on the web. Worse, there is denial that "this might affect other people psychologically, but not me! I am too smart for that!" when really, it is shaping our core values/beliefs as you mentioned.

When it comes to the attention and effort required to understand what is happening on Steem, one can spend all day reading all the different posts relating to the situation, but how many does one need to read?

Exactly. Given the fact that we will never have all the information anyway, at a certain point it's important to realize if we are being counterproductive or obsessive in delving in any further.

@pennsif brought up something in the PAL discord the other day that I would like to finish with. When the miners in the UK went on strike they had the support of the people, the community. However, once the strike dragged on and started to impact on the every day lives of the community, support wavered and in the end, was completely lost. While people like to take their moment when what they find is important is found important by others, they tend to hold onto it and try to stretch the moment out. Eventually, it gets tiresome, and the collective attention moves on, no matter how important it might have been a moment ago.

I think we are already seeing that phenomenon with regards the the sock-puppet witnesses, especially since the situation is "stable" (really, it's not, but moving so slow it appears to be) Our attention span has gotten shorter on average commensurate with the increase in velocity and quantity of information available you referred to earlier. Actually, I think it's been a small miracle so many people from the community have been engaged these past couple weeks!

Like my vacuum, the conditions suck at the moment, but the work still needs to be done.

Suction on!