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"What information consumes is rather obvious. It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." - Her
by reubenswartz 9y ago
"What information consumes is rather obvious. It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention."
- Herbert Simon, Nobel Prize-winning economist, back in 1971.
- forapurpose 9y ago> Herbert Simon, Nobel Prize-winning economist Believe it or not, that understates the man. He's also one of the fathers of AI and won the Turing Award, he wrote the book (of his era) on industrial organization, and was a leading researcher in many fields, including cognitive psychology and cognitive science. His PhD was actually in political science. A true polymath.