The Impact of Information Overload and the Need for Mental Processing in the Digital Age!

Either I have started liking reading books or my unconscious mind is making me drift again. Whatever it is, my speed reading ability should improve by this time next year. I am targeting to read at least 12 books a year. I think with age, I can grasp more per reading; earlier, I had to read them multiple times.

For the entire week, I was away from the keyboard, reading physical books. It is a great experience; screens cannot match it. All the books I have ordered are detailed, research-based reads. I will store their summaries later in articles, but for now, I’m storing notes on them.

Starting this week, I shall only devote time to getting myself certified. The internet connectivity has improved, and the government has assured no blackout till July.

I should stop vomiting information on my WhatsApp feed. We are living in an age where information is thrown from every possible means. The information bombardment is bad. People can think for themselves what is good or bad for them. They are grown up enough to search for themselves. I can vomit here; people should be mentally ready to process info so that their brain processes it. Otherwise, it gives them nothing but mere anxiety. WhatsApp should probably be left for sharing joyful experiences.

A neighbor expired due to a heart attack at the age of 30 years. I have been reading about COVID vaccines, epidemiological studies, and statistical methods. My intuition about “Correlation is not causation” is turning out to be scientifically false. For several years, markets and industries have fooled us by showing inconclusive data to sell their products. The book “The Book of Why” covers this phenomenon in deep detail. I highly recommend this book.

Since no postmortem was done, it’s hard to say if it was a heart attack, but he did complain about chest pain. I believe it was also due to the sunlight. It is hot, and the lad was traveling on a two-wheeler for chores for the last two days, taking rest at night. Whatever it was, it is sad and worrying to see 30-year-olds get critically ill.