Most of America is aware that our society as a whole is experiencing an ever-expanding obesity epidemic: 62% of adult Americans are considered overweight. However, the amount of Americans suffering from another epidemic, information overconsumption, is much higher. This new epidemic is leaving society as a whole left in the dark amount important issues and news happening around us everyday. In the book, The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption, author Clay. A Johnson provides a framework for consuming information in a healthy and balanced way, by showing us what to look for, what to avoid, and how to be selective. He argues that consuming too much junk information can lead to arrogance or cluelessness, which is known as information overconsumption. Therefore, we must develop healthy information consumption habits by being more aware of the selection and analysis of the information we consume.Monday, December 8, 2014
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
Most of America is aware that our society as a whole is experiencing an ever-expanding obesity epidemic: 62% of adult Americans are considered overweight. However, the amount of Americans suffering from another epidemic, information overconsumption, is much higher. This new epidemic is leaving society as a whole left in the dark amount important issues and news happening around us everyday. In the book, The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption, author Clay. A Johnson provides a framework for consuming information in a healthy and balanced way, by showing us what to look for, what to avoid, and how to be selective. He argues that consuming too much junk information can lead to arrogance or cluelessness, which is known as information overconsumption. Therefore, we must develop healthy information consumption habits by being more aware of the selection and analysis of the information we consume.
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