Information Bubbles and Breaking Points

I spent the whole day trying to carefully write a Substack post presenting my balanced view, in a God-fearing attempt to stop the spread of racism. I know how fast this will turn into a wildfire and be used to push for a much tighter police state. I see operations pushing hate from all angles.

When my girlfriend came home, I asked if she had heard about the news story. I assumed it would be a topic of conversation in her circles, given it directly involves women's safety. She hadn't. She was completely unaware it had even occurred.

What began as a simple question quickly became a misunderstanding. She believed I was introducing a political argument, while I was genuinely trying to understand the different information landscapes we now inhabit. We're living in different worlds, receiving different news, and it’s creating a chasm that’s difficult to bridge.

The fact that a story of this magnitude—one that touches on core issues of public safety—could be entirely absent from her feed is what I find deeply unsettling. It’s not her fault she didn’t know; it’s a symptom of a much larger problem. I'm disappointed and concerned about what this means for our ability to have a shared reality.

Later, I went outside to run errands. The ordinary calm of the neighborhood stood in stark contrast to the chaos online. People were fine. The media truly does amplify division, making our world seem far more fractured than it feels in daily life. Yet, I fear it's only a matter of time before this curated online tension spills onto our streets again.

Then, the news broke that Charlie Kirk had been shot.

After praying all day this morning and hoping I could be a voice of reason, that moment made everything feel futile. This whole situation—the information gaps, the operatives, the instant violence—it makes hope feel naively out of reach.

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