Dealing with Information Overload

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xyzsch — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:59:27 GMT

I googled RSS feeds because this article mentions them, and I didn't know what they were. After reading a Wikiipedia description, I decided they were a lot of bother, and I didn't want to start.

That's my feeling about most technology, including TV and cell phones. I use the internet, because I teach online, as a convenience for many of my students. And it is a good research tool, if you are selective. But I am looking forward to cycling this summer for three weeks. No cell phones, no internet, no TVs, no junk mail (online or through US Postal Service), and no bothering with a house full of stuff, much of which seems superfluous.

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Dr Rik — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:10:13 GMT

the solution to information overload is to record TV shows?

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SusanGee — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:09:07 GMT

This is a fairly ridiculous article considering that everyday we are deluged with Mercola advisories about products and situations that are going to kill us. And if that isn't enough, you really would have to tune out to completely. Never watch another news program or read the newspaper. Overload? The only other choice you have is sheer ignorance.

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Bobby_Lee — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:23:04 GMT

As an information overload junkie, I find it amusing that I already subscribe to three out of four. The only one I stay relatively on top of is email. Partly my business, but partly my interest. I can't even remember th last TV show I watched in my own home. Occasional viewing while visiting is unavoidable. but my children are being taught to READ. And I mean printed material. I have been a reader since first grade and never looked back to see if should stop.

Lee

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qualitygeek — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:04:47 GMT

Meditate: Even if it is just for 5 minutes, meditation can stop that ever constant chatter in your head.

One of the radio programs today discussed being still & waiting on the Lord and used a study of emotional intelligence & the ability to wait as an illustration - how this ability to wait could be used as a stronger predictor of the future success level than IQ - all because a 4 year old could wait for the 2nd marshmallow.

Walter Michel of Stanford created a test to determine how well a group of 4 year olds could control impulses and delay gratification. Each child one at a time went into a room with a one-way mirror. The child was shown a marshmallow. The experimenter told the child he had to leave and that they could have the marshmallow right then, but if they waited for the experimenter to return from his errand, the child could have two marshmallows. A single marshmallow was left on a table in front of the child. Some children grabbed the marshmallow within seconds of the experimenter's departure from the room. Others waited up to twenty minutes for the experimenter's return. In a follow-up study (Shoda, Mischel, & Peake, 1990), the same children were tested at 18 years of age and comparisons were made between the third of the children who grabbed the marshmallow (the "impulsive") and the third who delayed gratification in order to receive the enhanced reward ("impulse controlled"). The children who were most impulsive at four years old scored an average of 524 verbal and 528 math. The children who waited patiently scored 610 verbal and 652 math.

google the STANFORD MARSHMALLOW STUDY for more info.

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themikeb — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:04:20 GMT

To me Tv is a Weapon of Mass Deceptions.
Even the seemingly begin shows are full of affirmations of an agenda, to dumb down the watchers.
I take 2 red pill daily to stay out of that matrix..
(Two Krill oil pills) I still get news I need.. withoout the propaganda

Heard mentioned this on a radio show:
Blond haired blue eyed al quaeda recruits are everywhere according to FOX.....
they are conditioning us to rat out each other over anything...fear mongers.May they rot in hell..Nazi tactics, that is all that is...brainwash the sheeple some more

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ZPE — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:56:07 GMT

I remember reading comments written quiet a few years ago, saying that at the turn of the century (2000/2001) we will have so many labor saving devices, automated factories and so much wealth and as a result we will have so much extra leisure time!

ha ha ha ha ha!

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Dekalb — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:02:36 GMT

I just want to know what to do when the "Beer Barrel Polka" get's stuck in my head.

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mmc88121 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:36:23 GMT

I had forgotten you could record TV shows, and unless you are preparing for a presentation do you need to back up your email, most things on the internet are already backed up somewhere else.

Mary

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Arizona — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:57:21 GMT

While recovering from health issues, I have watched way too many tv programs. I do find myself turning the TV off now. I know exactly what they are talking about in the article and can relate:)