rob200@lemmy.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhat do you call a person who chooses to be ignorant on somethings but not others?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you call a person who chooses to be ignorant on somethings but not others?rob200@lemmy.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoDefine ignorance, I guess. I feel like nonparticipation isn’t necessarily ignorance.
minus-squarerob200@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoI guess, innocence in the context of the question, I mean if a person just decides to learn about, listen to, goes out of their way to avoid learning about a thing but not others. Such as avoiding global news and sticking with just local news.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 months ago Such as avoiding global news and sticking with just local news. Sounds like they understand Circles of Influence and are tuning their circle of concern to match.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI avoid local news and only keep up on global news. Does that make me based?
Define ignorance, I guess. I feel like nonparticipation isn’t necessarily ignorance.
I guess, innocence in the context of the question, I mean if a person just decides to learn about, listen to, goes out of their way to avoid learning about a thing but not others.
Such as avoiding global news and sticking with just local news.
Sounds like they understand Circles of Influence and are tuning their circle of concern to match.
I avoid local news and only keep up on global news. Does that make me based?