In the past, perhaps people could justify actions that had a harmful impact because they didn’t have access to the right information. We no longer have that excuse. On the contrary, we have more than enough information. Once we know where to find it online, we already have all that we need to describe in great detail the patterns of interconnectedness that encompass all aspects of life on this planet. However, as powerful a resource as connectivity can be, and as great a wealth of information as it puts at out disposal, the way we use technology can make it harder for us to make the shift from intellectual to emotional engagement with the world it opens up to us. We now have access to far more information than we can reasonably process. Our response to the sheer volume of information to be found online is often to just surf along the surface of an infinite number of issues and events. We need to go deeper. Knowing more is not a substitute for feeling more.
17th Karmapa
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Further quotes from the book Interconnected :
- Interdependent individuals
- Our intimate dependence on the natural environment
- A main condition for our selfishness
- Opening up to the view of interconnectedness
- Outer and inner world
- Self-reliance
- Everything and everyone is benefiting you
- The best way to love oneself
- When we ignore our interdependence
- Limitless aspirations
- We hold nothing back
- Keeping the door to improvement open
- Freedom
- Naturalness
- Thinking about the consequences of our collective actions
- Being an interdependent individual
- The workings of interdependence
- The ability to experience genuine closeness
- Becoming stuck in a quagmire of self-obsession
- Inner freedom is key