There is much noise
So much that a voice might be drowned out, beaten down by the incessant bluster and targeted dopamine disruptions. In a world that asks for our attention to be sliced apart, where immeasurable others demand that we hear their positions and points of view, and where the explosion of oneself is blasted forth and harvested as a right, must we contribute? Must we add to the din, throwing out our thoughts into the burning ethereal oilslick like everyone else?
Robert Greene makes a point in The 48 Laws of Power: Always Say Less Than Necessary (Law #4). Others will Stir Up Waters To Catch Fish (Law #39). Professionals and amateurs alike pile on believing more is better. But drivel is not our technique
The Edge also says it. “Notes actually do mean something. They have power. I think of notes as being expensive. You don’t just throw them around.”
Also, Greg McKeown’s Essentialism. Voice as well as action
Enough examples. Remember that dissent and resistance need not be spent in a torrent. That works for some but not all. Some of us fare better with a steel whisper. Sacred ground will be defended. Don’t tread on us