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Opining Early

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People have their own world views based on the information influx they constantly receive. You ask a newspaper editor the impact of the internet, he is most likely to espouse negative outcomes of technology more than the positive ones. Even his objection towards generation X and their mobile addiction is somehow linked with his dwindling newspaper sales due to ubiquitous online news portals.

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If you carry the editor’s opinion about the internet and turn that into knowledge, you will most likely be unreasonably ending up adding internet drawbacks with your day-to-day activities as well. At a friends’ meet-up, you shall use that knowledge to argue how the internet is spoiling your kids these days (Maybe you are correct, but I want to highlight how someone else’s opinion has influenced you, perhaps subconsciously).

Another aspect of information influx is the impact of the recency effect. Even I remember myself holding opinions completely contradictory to my core life notion, just because I injected the idea recently from someone or somewhere else.

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However, the world is full of opinions. Most importantly, nobody wants to listen to a dime. Opining about something seems like a way of venting our personal selves to prove superior, knowledgeable, and successful compared to others.

No doubt, I, you, we all do the same.

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Opining is like chocolate, nothing wrong with having it as early as possible, but delaying opinion gratification is hard for the adults, just as much as delaying the savoring experience of chocolate is to young kids.

The next time I listen to someone, I shall try not to turn that information into knowledge so quick.

True beauty is reflected by inner happiness

That should make a real difference.

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