"Disaggregating funk"

Rory Perry returns after a brief hiatus and says some things that echo some feelings I've had lately:

Whew. No posts to this weblog for nearly two weeks, due to [lots of things going on!] and, I'm afraid, more than a touch of the disaggregating funk: an irritation with newsreaders and weblogs, combined with a sense of unease at all the fertile thoughts and material therein that I cannot fully absorb, or respond to, or even remember.

Ah, I have felt this! The wonders of XML syndication and the efforts of so many make it possible for us to bring lots of ideas and information to our computers and promptly drown ourselves in it. You'll never hear me say that being informed and reflective are bad things in themselves, but -- to use economic terms -- there's an opportunity cost built into the time we spend trying to process all of this information, let alone comment on it or add to it. There are other things we could do with that time, and sometimes those other things will be more worthwhile.

And that's a good thing.