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Embrace Your Ignorance
How to treat information like a diet
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Something to Read: Selective Ignorance
“I don’t know”
Three words we don’t hear enough of.
And at a time where information is free and abundant, it’s encouraged to dig into multiple subjects like a restaurant buffet.
But think about going to a buffet and only enjoying what you know tastes good.
Instead of trying everything and half of it is left on your plate.
This idea can be applied to how you learn through life — and it’s helped me stay on track without being too distracted.
I’m purposely ignorant for certain topics, this gives me the bandwidth to invest in topics that I feel serve me better.
“Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the more broadly knowledgeable you can be.”
James Clear
To put it frankly — it’s ok to be stupid.
Something to Watch:
Low Information Diet Explained in Four Minutes
A Song to Listen to:
iamalex - 1998
One of my most played songs on Spotify from 2020.
Listen to this track and many others on La Fórmula, a playlist by Modern Analects
A Quote to Think About:
“I'm smart enough to know that I'm dumb.”
Richard Feynman