Processing

An abundance of information is good but unnecessary.

Learning, knowing, and consuming information under the garb of curiosity is a neatly packed product sold to all internet users.

Most marketing courses prescribe creating informative, valuable content to subtly signal the need for a product. This method of selling has made us bombard each other with information in all possible formats.

For every event in the world, there is a newsletter, podcast, tweet, research paper, comic, documentary, or newspaper article - do you get the drift?

Absolutely nothing is left undocumented. And I sense that we can't stop ourselves from this obsession because we don't understand what's next.

Documenting, archiving, capturing, rehashing, and repurposing content has become the purpose of all our lives. We are seeking a sense of liberation by constantly indulging in this craze to document life.

Everyone is writing, creating videos, posting stories, or posting twitter threads to feel that note-making is where its at. I am beginning to doubt it a little.

Because information is in a constant flux, I worry that we are holding sand against air. It won't stick regardless of how tightly it's held.

We may be great at archiving information, but we don't realize that processing information creates knowledge. Preserving shouldn't be our response to information abundance. Preserved artifacts get stored in museums, and we can do so much more if we don't treat information the same way.

As individuals, we need to build our ability to be discerning. Everything out there is not for you. Finding out what one or two things are will vastly simplify our lives.

The constant feeling of being overwhelmed might go away if we prioritise processing information instead of attempting to preserve it.

Bookmarking will take you nowhere.