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Drowning in a Sea of Information

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Re: Drowning in a Sea of Information

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I think that if there were a clear outline at the beginning of articles, essays or blog posts like this I might waste less time trying to skim them for the point. I didn't read nearly enough of it to find the author's point but personally I've started skipping over content that doesn't present clear goals up front. If I want suspense, mystery and surprise endings I read fiction. I would think that "Deep Reading" isn'…

Tl;dr: infinite information and social streams satisfy our needs, TODOs carry a mental tax, http://project.wnyc.org/infomagical/ worked for the author. I really wish this was framed differently, so I'd know there was an answer buried in there. I read this as an informational article, and didn't realize there was a "solution" until paragraph 33 out of 35.

Question, did you count the paragraphs or do you have some extension that does it for you? That sounds helpful..

Re: Drowning in a Sea of Information

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good point. My app doesn't replace the video as the source, but rather creates a smart way to navigate it. Give it a try. I'd be happy to hear your thoughts.

Dude you misspelled extension on your site. Ctrl + F for "exstension" to fix.

Thanks! also, thanks for actually reading my explanations :)
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