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The Information Diet, A Case for Conscious Consumption

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The Information Diet, A Case for Conscious Consumption

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Information Diet

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

769343056

Sub title

A Case for Conscious Consumption

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Lessons from Obesity; Chapter 2: Information, Power, and Survival; Chapter 3: Big Info; Chapter 4: We Are What We Seek; Chapter 5: Welcome to Information Obesity; Chapter 6: The Symptoms of Information Obesity; The Information Diet; Chapter 7: Data Literacy; Chapter 8: Attention Fitness; Chapter 9: A Healthy Sense of Humor; Chapter 10: How to Consume; Social Obesity; Chapter 11: The Participation Gap; A Special Note: Dear Programmer; Appendix A: Further Reading;

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