In a world where news of the human consequences of injustice, racism, xenophobia, guns and

greed are always only a click away, what is the morally appropriate posture for a person

who is safe?

Do we have a responsibility to stay informed?

And if it makes us feel embittered and hopeless?

It's note to self, the tech show about being human.

I'm Enouche Summerodi and that was Kim Brooks.

Kim is a writer who got on my radar a couple months ago when I read this beautiful essay that

she wrote for New York magazine about creativity.

I loved it so much that I actually looked her up and emailed her.

I never do that.

I never email people in gush, but I did and she responded and she said, you know what?

I'm going to be in New York next week.

Do you want to get coffee?

She lives in Chicago and I was like, yeah, let's go out for coffee.

So we did and we talked about stuff that was on our mind, stuff that was troubling us,

stuff that we wanted to explore.

So I asked Kim to think about writing something for note to self and she did.

The questions that Kim has been asking herself are ones that I know a lot of you are thinking

about too.

It's about information overload, something that we talk about a lot here and compassion,

but particularly in these times of racial tension and an intense news cycle.

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