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I Hate the News (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
In a world of information overload, our epistemic anxiety is off the charts. We are constantly bombarded with so much information and misinformation, that our brains are losing the ability to sift through it.... See more
We are no longer able to parse the information we see, and thus, we default to our biases. We are aware of this, and that is why we want to li
How to live an intellectually rich life
Today’s news moves as a maelstrom, swirling at every moment with information at once trifling and historic, petty and grave, cajoling, demanding, funny, horrifying, uplifting, embarrassing, fleeting, loud—so much of it, at so many scales, that the idea of choice in the midst of it all takes on a certain absurdity.
Megan Garber • The Great Fracturing of American Attention
