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Today’s info overload – is ignorance actually bliss?
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Between Dr. Google, the internet as a whole, and tracking apps like Life360, we have access to too much info. Full stop. To begin Episode 16, Danielle drops one bit of info that we all should know – she recently took a job as the co-host of a new morning show on WZLX FM radio in Boston. Then she and Cheryl chat about how, overall, it’s exhausting how we have fingertip-access to so…much…information these days. Basically, they ask - is it healthy to be “smart” or is ignorance bliss? They discuss cognitive overload (it’s a thing) and what steps you can take to avoid it, as well as how to back away from all that excess info to decompress, from digital detox to meditation. Dare we say, should we turn a “know it all” into a “no” to it all?
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Links/studies mentioned in this episode:
4 Ways Information Overload Impacts Our Mental Health and How to Cope, Mindful Health Solutions
Cognitive overload: When processing information becomes a problem, Mayo Clinic Health System
Enders Island https://endersisland.org/
Chapters
1. Today’s info overload – is ignorance actually bliss? (00:00:00)
2. Danielle’s new job (00:00:05)
3. We have access to too much information (00:02:05)
4. Cognitive overload causes anxiety (00:04:30)
5. The benefits of a digital detox and how to approach it (00:08:16)
6. Strategic information management (00:09:53)
7. Embracing mindfulness and meditation, and the benefits of a brain dump (00:12:20)
8. Deciding what news and information is a priority (00:17:25)
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