When Critical Thinking Isn’t Enough: To Beat Information Overload, We Need to Learn ‘Critical Ignoring’
Ralph Hertwigtheconversation.com
Saved by kev and
When Critical Thinking Isn’t Enough: To Beat Information Overload, We Need to Learn ‘Critical Ignoring’
Information Overload Helps Fake News Spread, and Social Media Knows It
Thomas Hillsscientificamerican.com
one mechanism that can make this happen every time. You just have to flood the system with more information.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
The noise bottleneck is really a paradox. We think the more information we consume the more signal we’ll consume. Only the mind doesn’t work like that. When the volume of information increases, our ability to comprehend the relevant from the irrelevant becomes compromised. We place too much emphasis on irrelevant data and lose sight of what’s reall... See more