Selective ignorance is not an abdication of responsibility it is an act of strategic self-defense. It is the recognition that your cognitive load is finite and that filling it with an endless stream of urgent but irrelevant stimuli only erodes clarity of thought.

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Mental Obesity, Information Overload, and Selective Ignorance (by Aleks Svetski)

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> Selective ignorance is not an abdication of responsibility it is an act of strategic self-defense. It is the recognition that your cognitive load is finite and that filling it with an endless stream of urgent but irrelevant stimuli only erodes clarity of thought.

Very beautifully put! 