In today's world, we are inundated with vast amounts of information. The challenge lies not in scarcity but in distinguishing between valuable and problematic information.
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To be clear, the dump truck metaphor needs a middle pane, where the individual with a flag is hailing in the truckload of info.
This information overload is by choice of each one of us, at least the older and current generations who still know better.
“Distinguishing between valuable and problematic” SHOULD be as simple as keeping focus on the original problem, the question to be solved, as the info dumps upon us.
In our world of “attention for sale” (where the attention brokers would be akin to the dump truck dispatch HQ), keeping focus on (let alone actually being able to discover) real problems to solve is easier said than done.
Our better challenge is not to filter the information coming in, but to remember the important questions as more information is pilled on.
A great metaphor for dealing with information overload! The challenge of distinguishing between valuable and problematic information well reflects the current dynamics.
I agree. However, in a state of sensory overload, one’s ability to analyze and act on information becomes diminished. Addressing this information distinction problem head on (like: “watch out for fake news”) may not be so effective.
Maybe, instead of more information (like anything online) what might work to get people out of information crisis could be some form of calming intervention. Just saying.
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My parents had 3 network broadcast stations that all told them the same bullshit.
I have infinite channels of information, and only limited time to consume and verify if its bullshit.
I honestly don't know which is worse.
Navigating through endless streams of information feels like trekking through a jungle of nonsense. Three channels with the same crap might have been easier to sift through. My advice? Don't trust blindly, question everything, and hope you don't drown in the flood of bullshit.
This is becoming a problem for me as well and mostly the time needed to sort out good and bad information, information that I'm interested in or not and even entertainment information (I mean blog article, books and video that are mostly for entertainement that real information) that I would enjoy or not is way to high and getting higher expodentially.
I have to frequently unsubscribe, remove feed from my RSS and focus on the most/important best ones to optimize my time.
I wrote a short article about it the other day:
This reminds me of the concept of the Bitcoin standard and the time preference discussed therein. I'll definitely take the opportunity to read your article, thank you very much.