One way of looking at this: If you could only take action on those items, you wouldn't have to improvise; you'd be better prepared and educated for the future.

One way of looking at this: If you could only take action on those items, you wouldn't have to improvise; you'd be better prepared and educated for the future. Yet this ability to improvise and dive into the unknown got you to where you are today. It got you a leg up and advanced your career. And regarding the interest, that's also a factor worth considering: Somehow the feeling of interest quickly gives way to a fearful feeling of imminent loss of contact with knowledge which may be necessary in the future. However IMO given your skill in the tech area in general, this question of necessity should probably be itself held in question. One alternative path is to build the capacity to create your own knowledge as needed, through tactical, specific problem-event-based analysis. Doing so narrows the time scope and the applicable scope of available outside information. In effect it narrows your filters to both limit your exposure to impossible swaths of "maybe I'll need it" information and also increase your leverage over the specific problem in question. If you want any more help with this feel free to drop me a line.