The filters ARE getting better though, so I’m getting more disciplined about applying them. Thanks for sharing your insight and that brilliant quote from Clay Shirky.

I’ve refrained from adding my own personal accounts on world news or international tweets because somewhere out there, it’s been said before, usually in a better way. I will however, stress something if I happen to be in that mood.

I agree with what you’ve shared in this article. Information overload, very well put, IS filter failure.

With regards to your question, “How do you find things worth remembering?” I haven’t a clue. I still forget what day it is.

Thanks. Short/insightful. Social Networking is a very interesting paradigm. On one hand it allows you to interact with an ever-broadening circle of ‘loose ties’ but it can be very time consuming. While reading this I was reminded of a quote by Emerson: “…As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble..” Our filters (- and the process of filtering) is a principle that we have to guard closely in our lives or the magnetic nature of social networking can have a tendency to become ‘urgent’ versus ‘important’. Again, thanks for the insights and reminder. – M