Data comes in many different forms for example: kilobytes, pixels,
packets, and smokes signals. All of it is bad for you. Why? Data is
information. Information is addicting. You may think that sounds insane,
but it is true. This information overload will kill your productivity
if left unchecked.
Ever went to Wikipedia to read about
Christmas and then click the link to the article about Santa Claus? Then
the article about Christen saints. Next thing you know an hour has past
and you are now reading an article about a camel, that lives in the
North South American Rain forest. What complied you to keep clicking
article after article? Your brain. You know that thing inside your head
that is always trying to kill you because it has not evolved to the
survive the modern world.
Every time you learn a new bit of
information the brain's pleasure centers react. The same as taking a hit
of your favorite drug. The little micro high is designed to make you
wish to learn more. Two thousand years ago this was great. This nature
inclination towards learning was how things like gunpowder, fire, and
the wheel were made. Man's innate need to study what is in front of him
gave him an advantage over the rest of the animal kingdom. Man could
bend the environment to his will in a manner no other animal could.
The
environment has certainly changed a lot. Computers, 8 hour work weeks,
and electricity are all recent inventions, that have drastically changed
the world man lives in. The brain, on the other hand, had not. The same
hunter-gathers of the past. This means your brain feels like it is
unraveling the secrets of the universe, when in reality, you are just
reading twitter.
How can you fix this every present issue? Set
a limit to your internet browsing time. Take a alarms clock and set it
for ten minutes. Upon hearing the alarm you should cease all internet
activity and go be productive. Take back your time.
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