why is the remembering rate for wanderers so low??

[Ashim]

I'm not sure that "unplugging from the media" alone would achieve anything positive. To suggest that media has a "dumbing-down" or "brainwashing" effect sounds a little paranoid. Sure, these things have potential to be used in these ways, but there again so does the computer or phone you are using as well as the alternating current power grid you are probably also using. I think it comes down to what you focus your attention on, or worse, what you allow to enter your consciousness when you are not informing your attention with focus. 

When I say "media," I was referring to all media—not just TV. When I say "unplug" I don't mean to suggest one lives without any exposure to what is going on in the world. Though what we hear is going on in the world is necessarily hearsay. I don't think it's paranoid at all to suggest TV or popular digital media has a brainwashing or dumbing-down effect. To quote Oscar Wilde in levity: "Everything popular is wrong."    

Here are a few things I have observed:

1. Almost everybody thinks they think for themselves.

2. If you really look at the average (for lack of a better term) person's opinions and viewpoints they can almost always be traced to the exposure that person has to others' opinions and viewpoints. This can be a complex and unconscious affair which may involve personal triggers and needs for validation.

3. The media employs all sorts of tactics to boost viewer-/readership. I have noticed that it is layered and caters to a spectrum of IQ factors and interests. 

I agree that focus matters. I don't think a person who is aware, like yourself, would necessarily get caught up in the media melodrama. I do wonder, however, why a person would wish to be plugged in. In my opinion, a place out at the periphery, where one can see but not be involved in, the melodrama, might be a clearer vantage point. In other words, check in with the media when it feels important, but not be addicted to a regular dose. As far as I can tell, it's 90% nonsense. Even if it is a site about meditation, I wonder why someone needs to be told how to do it. 

One good thing about modern-day media, and in this I refer to the Internet and digital communication, is the feeling of connectedness it creates. Even that is a paradox however, as I see all around me people plugged into the Internet/digital devices ignoring what is in their environment. It is a step nonetheless in recognizing the possibilities of being connected to everything.

So, basically you are saying "unplug from everything I don't like", or words to that effect.
You can't say "unplug" and then turn around and list stuff like "the one good thing" as an exception.
What are you trying to say Diana? Should we return to the woods and live as children or is there a way of navigating the digital jungle?