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MembersThe big story isn’t in today’s news

While everyone is focused on power and politics, the real story was floating in a basket among the reeds.

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I imagine that many of you, like myself, are dizzied by the breakneck spin of breaking news, reports and analysis on wars, politics, economic crises, and troubles everywhere.

Every day another headline demands our attention. One expert tells us the world is on the brink of disaster. Politicians promise solutions. Commentators predict catastrophe. Social media amplifies every outrage, every triumph, and every rumor until you can’t tell the difference between what’s important and what’s merely loud.

Sometimes I wonder if we are not becoming stupider from an overload of information. Let’s take a moment and see if we can get a better look at what is going on in our world today. Let’s think about what we are thinking about.

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Imagine we are living in the 15th century. You are writing a report about the most important events of times, because you are an intelligent person. (I know this because you are reading this.)

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Patrick Callahan

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