I love this post.  Its the most lucid thing I have read in a while in the general space of memetrackers/ aggregators, and generally staying current.

We should all read this, give our heads a shake, and focus!

And might I add, Newsvine, Digg, Greatnews, Feeddemon, Bloglines, Tailrank – all of you please read.  You are making this worse, not better. 

Creating Passionate Users: The myth of “keeping up”

You can’t keep up. There is no way.  And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.

You can never be current on everything you think you should be. You can’t simultaneously be current on:

• Technology
• Current events
• Pop culture
• Professional practices
• Health/fitness/diet trends
• And on and on and on…

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