Yesterday, we wondered about finding a structured, practical way to gather good information, not necessarily a list of “better media outlets,” but a system that helps us stay informed without drowning. The fact is that today, as we seek good information, there are three forces are working against us:
- A. The firehose problem By far, the worst of all problems, too much information, too intensively. News is no longer a daily digest; it’s a 24/7 stream optimized for engagement, not to make us think or provide us with insight as it creates constant novelty, shallow context, emotional overload and the illusion that everything is urgent. As a result, our brain is doing triage all day without having the time necessary to digest the information it encounters.
- B. The fragmentation problem Every issue is broken into micro‑controversies, each with its own rabbit hole. This is a perfect recipe for ending up with more information, more data scattered all over, less meaning, more uncertainty and far less confidence.
- C. The actionability gap By “actionable”, I mean providing the necessary information, tools, or grounds to produce an immediate, practical outcome.
With this in mind, it’s also true that most news is not actionable, nor is it relevant to our life and totally disconnected to long-term trends, resulting as we finish reading that nothing has really changed.
To address these points, we’ll explore in our next blog how we can develop a much better way to develop a mode of gathering information that is useful to us. So please, stay tuned!
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