This content originally appeared on @mdo and was authored by Mark Otto
Last week, I realized I had a problem of information overload: I was following too many sites in my RSS and often just “Marking all as read”. So, I purged my subscriptions from over 40 to just 12. Anything I had little interest in (meaning, didn’t read daily) or had a habit of completely ignoring went right out the door. And it hit me.
The cure for information overload is just less information.
As users people, we control how much time and energy we put into these things. There’s a lot of awesome stuff on the Web, but not everything needs to be followed all the time. More over, things like Twitter help us follow people who share interests with us, meaning only what’s important to someone like me will bubble up. Suddenly there is no need to worry about missing something—it will come naturally from the folks I want to hear it from.
So, I say again: the cure for information overload is less information. Simpler is better, and better is fewer things at a higher quality. Apply that philosophy to anything and you’ll likely be happier.
This content originally appeared on @mdo and was authored by Mark Otto
Mark Otto | Sciencx (2012-08-13T00:00:00+00:00) Less information, the cure for information overload. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2012/08/13/less-information-the-cure-for-information-overload/
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