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Information Overload, and the Zen of Watching the Waves.

Information overload is something very simple

Information overload is caused by something very simple, we merged the industrialization process with information creation and now almost anything is available to us informationally, at any time.

The psychology of human beings, and the physiology, the needs and limits are not yet expressed in terms of variables in the equation of how much information, how often, and how diverse.

One element in helping reduce the problem is to take in smaller blocks of information.  Just do less at once. 

There are great things about the internet's remodeling of information publication

The most interesting aspect of that over the last 5 to 10 years have been in the realm of micro snippets of information.  The facebook post, the twitter tweet.  Those may seem annoying to you, but there is hope.

If you are not lost in the scrolling feeds, ( and if you are stay tuned to this blog btw, because I will tackle that issue on another day ), there is real efficacy of information transfer that happens in those small posts. It forces us to get to the point, to respect each others time and attention.

Sure there are downsides, and we know what they are.

• Information distortion.

• Information without context leading to distortion.

• Information junk food.

• And of course the potential for information addiction when it stimulates the emotional responses the way those top rising posts tend to.

But there is that upside, I don't need to listen to 60 minute lecture, or have someone baby food style play airplane with my info.  I get it, if I need it, I will look into it more.

The Solution

The process is too demanding only if you let it be more important than it is.

In a sense you are dealing with a surfing of sorts, but more than just checking out the waves, you are trying to keep up the emotional energy, and not get swamped by a stream of too big waves.

The Zen of Information Surfing

Sometimes, you have to just watch.  Watch the waves, you don't need to be a part of each of them.  See the waves, without need.  Just see it.

Okay, finally after 20 years, my deluge into Zen Buddhism pays off.


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