Information Overwhelm (Internet)
No matter how much time I spend catching up on all the interesting links in my inbox, the Internet generates content way faster than I am able to consume it.
Sari Azout • Check Your Pulse #43
And because we can do anything anytime, we feel we need to do everything all the time. With so much constantly available and streaming, we’re constantly being sucked in.
Tiffany Shlain • 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
the internet is an infinity pool
I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
in mathematics there is a theory called “optimal stopping”, which lays out mathematically when you should make a choice when you have potentially infinite options but you cannot go back to a the current option if you discard it.
as the internet enables the illusion of infinite, it paralyzes groups of people at scale—thi... See more
signüllx.comIt’s become a ubiquitous modern problem to have not only a teetering pile of books you’ve been meaning to read, but a digital stack of articles you’d like to digest, plus a long queue of podcast episodes to listen to, videos or TV shows to watch, or videogames you’ve purchased and would love to play, if only you could find the time.
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals
Viewers who spend four or more hours watching television each day hold significantly different opinions from those who spend far less time obtaining their information from the television. They believe, for example, that there is a far higher prevalence of crime, violence, alcoholism, drug abuse, and prostitution in society than is actually the case
... See moreDr. David Lewis • The Brain Sell: How the new mind sciences and the persuasion industry are reading our thoughts, influencing our emotions, and stimulating us to shop
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