How Too Much Information Can Make Us Stupid and Miserable
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How Too Much Information Can Make Us Stupid and Miserable
We live in an information age. The amount of data we produce far outweighs what we consume, so much so that it has extended far beyond our ability to make meaningful use of it. Even our modern day search systems seem to be falling apart under the stress of today’s overwhelming flow of data with the quality of our search engines degrading from all o... See more
Jacky Zhao • Networked Thought
Our minds are frazzled by all of this. We feel and see it daily. We’re more scattered, impatient, inundated. We scroll. We skim. We click. We share.
Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, • Smart Brevity
Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:
Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,
... See more‘People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be.’ – IDRIES SHAH
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
