I just accept that I'm going to miss things. I use an RSS reader to keep up with blogs that I care about and with a couple news portals, and I have certain sit

I just accept that I'm going to miss things. I use an RSS reader to keep up with blogs that I care about and with a couple news portals, and I have certain sites like HN that I visit one or a couple times per day, but I gave up trying to read everything. I've got a life to live, things to do, people I love that I want to maintain healthy relationships with. I'm not a machine for viewing and notarizing things on the Internet. Before the web and Google and Wikipedia and blogs, simply knowing obscure information could be an advantage. It just wasn't possible for the average person to expose themselves to as much information as we do now. It took work, you had to be active, you had to buy magazines and newspapers and you had to physically go to the library and get to know the reference librarians. You had to learn how to use microfilm readers and you had to take notes or photocopy things by hand. We no longer have to do all that. But now I think taking time away from the flood to develop skills brings advantage. I'm not a fan of Jaron Lanier and I'm not one of those people who thinks we should all withdraw from the Internet. But we do have to develop skills and information hygiene. You can't eat everything at the buffet every day and remain healthy forever. You have to pick and choose.