Clay Johnson

How can readers cope with information overload? This insightful book makes a compelling case that information overload doesn't actually exist--the real problem is information overconsumption. "The Information Diet" provides a framework for consuming information in a healthy way, by showing readers what to look for, what to avoid, and how to be selective.

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The Information Diet

Beau

The Information Diet is a book about something that doesn't quite constitute such length. Johnson talks about how, in the information age, we must now learn how to shape our information consumption the same way we shape our food intake. With world of open information comes a decrease of credibility, and higher manipulation of 'truth' (a la non-organic foods, slave labour).

In essence I love the concept but I'm not sure whether or not it's something I'm going to practice (in regards to his proposed information diet methodology). This could be for a range of things, but I'm putting my money on the fact/s a) my current reading habits aren't *that* bad, and b) after studying information and technology for the last 6 years, and now working full-time in the industry, I have confidence in what I'm reading, and how to tell whether or something isn't of a high standard when it comes to gathering knowledge.

I also wasn't the biggest fan of the American politics commentary throughout the book. Admittedly yes - the man use to work for Blue State Digital (the people behind Obama's 2008 and 2012 political campaigns) but I wasn't expecting the volume of references.

Dave Konopka

The Information Diet is more Gazelle Freestyle than P90X.

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Clay A. Johnson

"The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour--so, too, have we become gluttons for texts, instant messages, emails, RSS feeds, downloads, videos, status updates, and tweets. We're all battling a storm of distractions, buffeted with notifications and tempted by tasty tidbits of information. And just as too much junk food can lead to obesity, too much junk information can lead to cluelessness."--Publisher's blurb.

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