Why People Are Taking “Information Diets”

We optimized for information. More news. More threads. More hot takes. More podcasts at 1.5x speed. But lately, something interesting is happening: People are choosing to consume less. They’re: Unfollowing high-noise accounts Limiting daily news intake Replacing doomscrolling with long-form reading Choosing depth over volume Why? Because information overload doesn’t make you smarter. It makes you reactive. An information diet is like a food diet. It’s not about starvation. It’s about quality control. The sharpest thinkers today aren’t the ones who know the most headlines. They’re the ones who curate what enters their mind. In a world competing for your attention, selectivity is power. Question for readers: If you cut your information intake in half, what would you remove first?