Bob Schwartz

It is halfway through a Wednesday. Listening to or reading the news, I have already heard a fair share of bullshit. Some from those I don’t like, support or respect, some even from those I do. The same sometimes goes from others in personal conversations. Above all, I am far from immune to spewing nonsense, lots of it.

This has been going on forever, or at least as long as the earth has been populated by articulate talking animals. It is not good for us, but there it is.

We need a vacation. So I am proposing a Global Day of Silence. No words spoken, written, heard or read. Like The Day the Earth Stood Still, there will be exceptions for health and safety. Otherwise, silence. We can consider, as with religious fasts, whether it should be sunrise to sunset or a full 24 hours.

After that, good and useful words will resume worldwide, as will the usual stuff. But we will at least have gotten a break. God knows we deserve it.

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