These were helpful for me and may or may not be helpful for you: Mix in editorialized content. Read the New York Times or another major, old publication rather

These were helpful for me and may or may not be helpful for you: Mix in editorialized content. Read the New York Times or another major, old publication rather than only sites that have user-generated and user-moderated content. There are certain things that will get upvotes all the time on Reddit, etc. Similarly, read blogs that are outside your normal areas. For example, if you're into tech and work in tech, read the http://www.scotusblog.com/ http://www.scotusblog.com/ Read new science fiction from the library, not the same user-generated recommendations from Reddit and HN. Anthologies of short stories are great for rebooting my brain with new ideas. Worms using tunnels in ice to form a sort of neural network over millions of years? Drag racing aliens? Tattoos that administer medicine? Also with that, just pull random books off your local library's shelf from time to time. A book about the history of Target? A book about socialism and electricity? Why not?