Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction? | Hacker News
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Ask HN: How do you deal with information and internet addiction? | Hacker News
Critical ignoring is the ability to choose what to ignore and where to invest one’s limited attentional capacities. Critical ignoring is more than just not paying attention – it’s about practising mindful and healthy habits in the face of information overabundance.
Anastasia Kozyreva • When Critical Thinking Isn’t Enough: To Beat Information Overload, We Need to Learn ‘Critical Ignoring’
the flood of information on the internet made me feel anxious and incapable and directionless and overwhelmed. So I stopped.