> Your notion is that you should be entitled not even to hear about the problems of others
Everyone believes this. There are too many people in the world to hear about all the problems. The problem with twitter is not that you hear about peoples problems, it's that you hear about too many to grok. The most political people I know are still periodically taking breaks from twitter because it's too much.
They in fact don't. Everybody does acknowledge practical limits, of course. We can't hear about everything. But that's different than wanting to live in a "happier and stress-free [...] fantasy world". Many people are actively interested in making the world better not just for themselves, but also for others.
Everyone believes this. There are too many people in the world to hear about all the problems. The problem with twitter is not that you hear about peoples problems, it's that you hear about too many to grok. The most political people I know are still periodically taking breaks from twitter because it's too much.