A goodly portion of the possibilities of human intelligence in our time have to do with refusal. It is what you -will not do or become- that sustains the remaining shreds and hopes of actual insight and intelligence.

Facebook is the explosive opposite of intelligence selectivity — in nearly every single post. Any significant degree of participation here, for most people, is, essentially, a way of -insuring- your intellect disappears in the screaming noise of public advertisement, idea-contagion, and viral attention-gathering. And not just in the noise, but in learning to achieve enough likeness to garner the attention of others.

That was how they stole the assets of our childhood, the first time.