A member's view: our emotions rule if we're swamped by information

At a Guardian Live event his week, member Ruth Oliver heard a panel of writers and thinkers including Paul Mason and Lydia Nicholas discuss what the world will look like in 2025.

The event was particularly topical given what's happened with the referendum over the past week. I've felt quite overwhelmed and have read so much in the press and on social media it can be quite unsettling. This was a nice chance to step back from the headlines and look at the wider picture.

Lydia Nicholas was fantastic. She summed up a lot of my thoughts on the destructive nature of social media bubbles - how we get our own thoughts reflected back at us and are never challenged. She referred to the filter bubble becoming "heartbreakingly real" this week - something which I totally agree with.