Our Souls And A Planet's Worth of Suffering - Bill Hodgeman

I don't think that the human soul was made to sustain information about a planet's worth of suffering--everyday--when, in most cases, there's nothing we can do about it. 

For most of history, people were only aware of the tragedies that happened in their own communities, and in most cases, they COULD do something about it. 

Lopsided Information- Action ratios are bad for the soul.