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Like someone might follow local weather and local news, but nothing global.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Define ignorance, I guess. I feel like nonparticipation isn't necessarily ignorance.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I avoid local news and only keep up on global news. Does that make me based?