Oddbean new post about login | logout I skim, or ignore posts that are repetitive. The great thing is that you can turn these filters on and off. I was simply adding my opinion to this thread to provide feedback to the developer of my favourite client.
so you are opposed to having the option to have any control of your own feed ? remarkable insight into the mind of a slave ...
Not at all. Read my notes above. Choice is the most important aspect and I encourage you, and everyone else, to choose whatever you want. I was simply providing a perspective of somebody who would not use these features. For me, lists and choosing who to follow are enough.
the brain is analog. your solutions are digital. you're trying to ram a square peg into a round hole because " that's how we always done it "
Skimming & ignoring sounds all well on paper, but in reality, everything you see & consume costs time, energy & attention. It drains you, no matter how fast you scroll by. Our brains aren't computers, which can just immediately forget such stuff, when it's irrelevant.
yes as Yuval Harari said - have an information diet be selective of what goes into your brain