There is a version of civic responsibility that has quietly become a form of self-harm. It looks like staying current. It looks like being informed, engaged, aware — the kind of person who knows what is happening in the world and takes that seriously. It feels, moment to moment, like the responsible thing to do. And for a growing number of people, it is quietly dismantling their capacity for presence, optimism, and sustained emotional function. The problem is not information.

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