You know how comic strips feature thought bubbles above or beside the characters’ heads? It’s a helpful way to clue the reader in on the joke or hook without the character actually verbalizing their comments. I think we’ve reached a point where we need more of that in real life. Thanks to social media, there’s too much “saying the quiet part out loud” – and not nearly enough shutting the heck up.

Abraham Lincoln is often credited with the  quote: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt,” though the quote itself is likely based on the Proverb: “Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.” Either way, there’s wisdom to be had in learning to keep one’s own counsel.

There’s a lot of talk these days about the “dangers” of misinformation and disinformation and malinformation. I think what we’re really suffering from is hyperinformation – and hyperexpression. We’re literally drowning in TMI.

I recognize the irony of someone who speaks and writes for a living asserting that, but honestly, wouldn’t we all be in a happier, healthier place if we weren’t privy to everyone’s thought bubbles on everything, everywhere, and all the time?

This “Moore to the Point” commentary aired on NewsTalkSTL on Monday, April 3rd. Audio included below.

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