The F*cked Up Truth About Knowledge That Will Blow Your Mind
Consuming isn’t knowledge. Knowledge isn’t action.
The internet age has given us the pleasure of consuming too much information, probably more than we need.
Sometimes, I think about how people lived in the past before computers and the internet were introduced. There was no social media to get entertained, devices to watch videos on YouTube, or stream music/videos whenever they wanted. How the fuck did they manage to stay sane?
Now that we have access to all this informational and entertaining content at our fingertips (literally), life in the past seemed unimaginable.
However, the con of having this “facility” is that we rely too much on the technology and information we have. Thousands of books, podcasts, newsletters, emails, and articles provide us with knowledge. For example, if you search for “how to build good habits,” you will get thousands of results online. Most of them might say the same thing. But there will also be a lot of confusion because you don’t know which information to believe.
There is a problem of information overload. Because of that, people think that they are becoming knowledgeable. However, the truth is that knowing something isn’t enough. For instance, you can read a thousand books…
