No one can address everything at once
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No human being can address everything at all times. I mean, it's just not possible. There's not enough bandwidth to the human mind to solve problems on 25 different fronts at once. Things have to be ignored or set aside or come back to later.
Episode 212: A Song Is Born (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:00:05 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Called 'the ignorer in chief', Dave explains that no human can address everything all the time. The mind doesn't have the bandwidth to solve problems on 25 fronts at once, so things have to be ignored, set aside or picked up later. He hates that people sometimes feel ignored, but that's life.