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Be Cautious About Information Overload and Fatigue

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FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) is one true feeling the information world leaves us with daily when we sleep. And we often wake up every morning with the same emotion. Don’t we need to take one step back and think whether we need all the information we are trying to process? Is it good or bad for your brain? Information media challenges our brains with information overload e very moment we are awake . Studies say that we process 75 GB of data inside our brains daily, which is equal to watching 16 movies. Authors Anne Francoise Rutkowski and Carol S. Saunders call it the dark side of information technology. Former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris observed that smartphones are like cigarettes, but we ignore the harm because of the benefits (unlike cigarettes). He also reminded everyone that smartphones are eroding human thought.  Studies show that the use of social media increases our chances of falling into depression and social isolation. But what exactly is this information over...

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