Most of the sensational news stories we read and watch on TV all day are just to grab our eyeballs and do not even matter any more after a short while.
The more information we have around us, the less we digest, and it makes sense to go over quality (depth of news) than quantity (breadth of news stories).
The way to save yourself from the deluge of news vying for your attention is to have an innovative and counterintuitive approach to information: making a ‘smart information filter’ net.
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