Posts Tagged ‘information-overload’

Information Pollution Alert! Living with Data Smog

We are a nation awash in data smog. This is more than just information overload -- it's not just that there's too much information out there for one person to adequately encompass, it's that there's too much data out there to even make out the information clearly, let alone to evaluate and act on that information.What's worse is that unlike normal smog, which is the unintentional byproduct of our need… Continue reading

November 10 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: bias, data-smog, filter, information, information-overload, news, science, truth | 12 comments»

Toward a New Vision of Productivity, Part 5: Drowning in Information

This is the fifth part of a 12-part series I will be posting into January 2009, examining the current understanding of productivity and where the concept might be heading in the future. I invite Lifehack’s readers to be an

January 2 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: attention, career, entertainment, information, information-overload, meaning, tim_ferriss, work | 11 comments»