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- Information overload helps fake news spread https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/information-overload-helps-fake-news-spread-and-social-media-knows-it/ 161 comments
- How to Hack RSS to Reduce Information Overload http://gigaom.com/collaboration/how-to-hack-rss-to-reduce-information-overload/ 10 comments
- Xerox PARC's Tool for Dealing with Twitter's "Information Overload" http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/palo_alto_researchers_create_tool_for_dealing_with_twitter_information_overload.php 6 comments
- Show HN: I made an AI-digested news to help you survive information overload https://tailored.news 2 comments
- Addressing My Information Overload: My Journey Creating an AI News Tool https://medium.com/@jaredliu233/addressing-my-information-overload-my-journey-creating-an-ai-news-tool-cd26a48b7ee0 3 comments
- Show HN: Mrkff – An Information Overload Management Tool https://mrkff.com/ 9 comments
- Information Overload in Parents: More info is not always better. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/parenting-translator/202309/new-research-on-information-overload-in-parents 14 comments science
- Information overload and unsustainable workloads in the era of electronic health records https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/piis2213-2600(20)30010-2/fulltext 3 comments economy
- My Productivity Manifesto—**How to Reclaim Your Attention, Conquer Information Overload, and Future-Proof Your Business, Your Workforce, and Yourself.** https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/c4y7m6/my_productivity_manifestohow_to_reclaim_your/ 8 comments productivity
- Managing information overload https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/abofkd/managing_information_overload/ 6 comments productivity
- Can democracy survive information overload? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/04/06/can-democracy-survive-information-overload/ 16 comments politics
- Miniature — a web browser to solve information overload dilemma. https://www.reddit.com/r/web_design/comments/76o4ro/miniature_a_web_browser_to_solve_information/ 23 comments web_design
- Austrian Election 2017 - The pre-election megathread with information overload https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/76b9sc/austrian_election_2017_the_preelection_megathread/ 398 comments europe
- Gmail Gets A Swanky New Inbox And Automatic Sorting To Help Fight Information Overload http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/29/gmail-for-desktop-and-mobile-gets-a-new-inbox-now-automatically-categorizes-your-email/ 23 comments technology
- From information overload to Dark Ages 2.0? http://opensource.com/life/10/10/information-overload-dark-ages-20 5 comments linux
- Is the Public Suffering from Information Overload or is the Public Suffering from Misinformation? http://www.healthleadsthatsell.net/is-the-public-suffering-from-information-overload-or-is-the-public-suffering-from-misinformation/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Information overload may be damaging our ability to feel http://blogs.lubbockonline.com/geek/2009/04/17/scientists-information-overload-may-be-damaging-our-ability-to-feel/ 9 comments science
- Do You Suffer From Information Overload http://www.mikeborozdin.com/post/do-you-suffer-from-information-overload.aspx 4 comments technology
- Information Overload is Filter Failure http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/ 2 comments technology
- 10 Tips to Avoid Information Overload at Work http://bytes.com/forum/thread836461.html 3 comments business
- AideRSS + GoogleReader = solve information overload http://gr.aiderss.com/ 2 comments reddit.com
- 5 Telltale Signs You Are Information Overloaded http://www.bumpbox.com/?p=84 4 comments reddit.com
- I built a tool that cuts through information overload by scanning 150k+ sources daily so I could stop missing critical industry news https://rivalyze.io/smart-newsfeed 9 comments sideproject
- Research has found people consistently underestimate how much they would enjoy spending time alone with their own thoughts, without anything to distract them. These results are especially important in our modern era of information overload and constant access to distractions https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2022/07/thoughts-mind-wander 5 comments science
- [OT] Information overload? Which motorsport series has the most effective TV graphics package? · RaceFans https://www.racefans.net/2022/06/05/information-overload-which-motorsport-series-has-the-most-effective-tv-graphics-package/ 32 comments formula1
- Information Overload, Fake News and Social Media http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/information-overload-helps-fake-news-spread-and-social-media-knows-it 8 comments politics
- Everything you spew into the interent is getting recorded forever and adding to our pile of information overload. Take a second, make it worth everyone's time to read. http://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2009/08/08-10-09-information-sharing.html 6 comments reddit.com
- Columnist supports energy tax on computers, blogs, website, and cable tv to combat information overload, job loss http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/ar2008082202396_pf.html 2 comments technology
- Information overload is a myth. I get more done via email and surfing the web than my parents ever did using phones and libraries. http://lifehacker.com/399078/what-productivity-studies-really-show 4 comments business
- Virus outbreak means (mis)information overload: How to cope https://apnews.com/dedd5a5f5367b1da634a1e84dbb369ed 3 comments politics
- New study shows how LSD affects the ability of the thalamus to filter out unnecessary information, leading to an "overload of the cortex" we experience as "tripping". https://www.inverse.com/article/52797-lsd-trip-psychedelic-serotonin-receptors-thalamus 2237 comments science
- Respected scientist Conrad Gessner has raised the alarm about the effects of information overload. He warns the modern world overwhelms people with "confusing and harmful" data. He has never once used e-mail and is completely ignorant about computers... because he died in 1565. http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&id=2244198 7 comments technology
- A great presentation on the paradox of choice. I would also observe that option paralysis is related to information overload. The internet provides access to infinite information, but who has time? http://ovablastic.blogspot.com/2008/11/barry-schwartz-paradox-of-choice.html 9 comments philosophy
- The mantis shrimp has one of the most complex visual systems in the world, but how that information overload doesn’t short-circuit its tiny brain could be key in understanding the evolution of colour vision in the animal kingdom. https://qbi.uq.edu.au/article/2019/11/shrimp-brain-may-hold-key-evolution-colour-vision 4 comments science
- Hey Reddit, you may want to read this book: The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/science_books/psychology_behavior/0195372883.html 2 comments reddit.com
- Ants don’t get easily distracted by social information when on the move, only fully responding to it when at rest, a new study indicates. Such sporadic monitoring of the social environment may reduce information overload and enhance the robustness of complex societies, the researchers suggest. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2016/january/ants-and-social-information.html 7 comments science
- I built a platform for journalism with “open source” fact checking. In the age of information (and misinformation) overload, the goal is to help the best journalists stand out by making their fact checking process fully transparent and reviewable. AmA! https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ctwr3w/i_built_a_platform_for_journalism_with_open/ 22 comments btc
- Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a key risk factor for employee mental health that along with information overload, may increase employee burnout, says new study. The research offers practical suggestions for employers to enhance information flow to employees. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/fomo-is-a-key-risk-factor-for-mental-health-and-burnout-at-work 5 comments science
- ‘A royal mess’: Behind Gen Z’s fight with (mis)information overload. With their penchant for social media and memes, young people are interacting with a new and dangerous internet space. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/11/gen-z-misinformation-politics-news-conspiracy-423913 13 comments politics
- Study Pins Fake News Plague on Limited Attention Spans, Information Overload - Low-quality information is just as likely to go viral, providing an interpretation for the high volume of misinformation we observe online, finds new study published in Nature Human Behavior. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbj8gq/study-pins-fake-news-plague-on-limited-attention-spans-information-overload 53 comments science