I intentionally restrict my exposure to announcements about poetry because I'm prioritizing my own writing else it won't happen. Also, I will be too tempted to respond. So I keep that for the weekend.
I also limit my exposure to political commentary these days to maintain a sense of hope and direction. I will raise my voice but will choose to be silent when I have nothing original to add. On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 8:59 PM Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > So, there's this interesting phenomenon I've noticed in myself that could > be termed "intentionally restricting my exposure to something that I enjoy > for a variety of reasons". This is probably best explained by examples: > > 1. I enjoy the Money Stuff > <https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/money-stuff> newsletter by > Matt Levine. He's knowledgeable, lucid and amusing, which is a great > trifecta. However, I don't read all the editions (even though I'd probably > enjoy them) because it will lead to me acquiring knowledge on the capital > markets and legal system of the US (which is not of direct relevance to me) > and probably confuse me while dealing with the capital markets and legal > system of India (which IS of direct relevance to me) > > 2. I could probably train my ears to figure out whether a file is MP3 or > lossless (at least for MP3s below 256 kbps) but that is more a function of > being able to identify encoding artefacts than actual golden ears. I don't > see the point of learning something that will mess up my enjoyment of music > I have on MP3. > > Is there a word for this? Do you have any interesting examples yourself? > > Udhay > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist > -- *Translator/Owner* *AzulIndica Translations* *North Vancouver BC, Canada*
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