@rob200@lemmy.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days agoWhat do you call a person who chooses to be ignorant on somethings but not others?message-square23fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you call a person who chooses to be ignorant on somethings but not others?@rob200@lemmy.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 24 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkEnglish12•24 days agoDefine ignorance, I guess. I feel like nonparticipation isn’t necessarily ignorance.
minus-square@rob200@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-224 days agoI guess, innocence in the context of the question, I mean if a person just decides to learn about, listen to, goes out of their way to avoid learning about a thing but not others. Such as avoiding global news and sticking with just local news.
minus-square@MajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilink12•24 days ago Such as avoiding global news and sticking with just local news. Sounds like they understand Circles of Influence and are tuning their circle of concern to match.
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkEnglish3•24 days agoI avoid local news and only keep up on global news. Does that make me based?
Define ignorance, I guess. I feel like nonparticipation isn’t necessarily ignorance.
I guess, innocence in the context of the question, I mean if a person just decides to learn about, listen to, goes out of their way to avoid learning about a thing but not others.
Such as avoiding global news and sticking with just local news.
Sounds like they understand Circles of Influence and are tuning their circle of concern to match.
I avoid local news and only keep up on global news. Does that make me based?