Information Fast Food

Nowadays I see people (including me) watching every little thing they consume, exercising regularly, consuming less chemicles and such. Now this is all well since the health of the human body is imperative to our survival, but what about the health of the human mind? How many of us can safely say we filter and sort through everything we see/smell/hear or listen to?
Something I never thought I’d say, but am driven to now, is that it’s very beneficial to argue for the sake of argument. We’re fed the equivalent of Big Macs in information everyday, stuff that seems appealing and gives us momentary satisfaction but ruins our thinking in the long run. The disturbing thing is we continue to consume these fast foods of information and justify it to ourselves by saying that we are not intelligent enough to ponder these things on our own. What a ridiculous notion! In my belief it is not that we are not capable, but instead we refuse to spend the time to do so. “I can’t do this” translates roughly to “I don’t feel like putting forth the effort”. Educate yourself, instead of agreeing with the gold-frilled ideas of others.