Do you suffer from infobesity?
Recently, I have been thinking about how our food consumption and information consumption habits actually closely resemble each other. Just as food is the energy source for our bodies, information is the energy source for our minds. Our body’s health is heavily influenced by the quality of our nutritional habits. Consuming foods high in fat, sugar, and other unhealthy elements can lead to a variety of health problems, causing a deterioration of one’s quality of life. Similarly, if we have a poor information diet (i.e. consistently watching reality TV and internet meme videos), our mind’s performance, clarity, and ability to achieve goals can be severely negatively impacted. Although network TV and comedic YouTube videos are fun, they can also be addicting like a sweet sugary snack. Consume too many of these snacks and you will soon find yourself gasping at the scale in disbelief. However, the rate and ease of access to these sugary information snacks has only increased in recent years.
Snack size of information does indeed work pretty much like candies or fast food: you get some fast energy, but then again, there's soon plenty to burn in your waistline.
I'm working constantly both on my real and my information waistline.
Social media detox is a thing a few friends of mine have talked about lately. Rushing to yoga class after hectic work hours to clear your mind isn't enough, one needs to cut down on information too.
We cherish the number of followers and friends - the more the better - but how long will it take for quality to become more important?
I don't need hunderds of daily tweets. Even one that makes me really think should be enough.
