geeky updates » information overload http://sergeyvlasov.com spontaneous posts about computers, internet and the life Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:54:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 How to cope with information overload http://sergeyvlasov.com/how-to-cope-with-information-overload http://sergeyvlasov.com/how-to-cope-with-information-overload#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:25:01 +0000 sergey http://sergeyvlasov.com/?p=374 Feeling overwhelmed by daily whirlpool mental commuting back and forth through your virtual space? E-mail, googling, RSS reader and other web things. TV, phone, books, magazines, list goes on… Today’s information torrent falls on an average person is not only a stressful experience, but very counter-productive fenomenon. Sort of unavoidable evil addiction. Basex reports it costs yearly $900 bln to US alone.

In this short and inspiring article, ‘nutrision and health expert’, Dr Jonny Bowden suggests to take a day offline. Unplug yourself from all those internet, IM, blackberry wires, feel real life, be restful and energized. There are some quotes from the article:

“…No matter how hard we try we can never catch up…”

“…So here’s a suggestion: Don’t even try to catch up…”

Then when you’ve feeled the taste of freedom, go on and ban one channel at a time on daily basis. What you would expect to happen then? One thing for sure – sky will not fall just because you’ve missed another Engadget post ;)

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