We're assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumour, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting.
Interpretation
Navigating the overwhelming influx of information can be tiring and confusing.
In today's world, we are bombarded with a vast amount of information, much of which may not be accurate or relevant. This quote by Daniel Levitin highlights the challenge of discerning valuable knowledge from misleading or trivial content, emphasizing the mental fatigue that can arise from this constant information overload.
In practice
In a seminar about media literacy, one might use this quote to underscore the importance of critical thinking in consuming news.
As soon as you hear a proposition, the creative brain in humans assumes for the moment that it's true, and starts trying to find evidence. It's what computer scientists in the old days used to call 'Fifo:' first in, first out. The first piece of information that gets in has a privileged position, even if it's misinformation.
What music is better able to do than language is to represent the complexity of human emotional states.
Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle.
That walk around the block, that fresh air, is going to help you work more quickly and effectively when you get back.
There are a lot of books about how to get organized and a lot of books about how to be better and more productive at business, but I don't know of one that grounds any of these in the science.
There's an ancient connection between movement and music. Most languages don't make a distinction between the words 'music' and 'dance.' And we can see that in the brain. When people are lying perfectly still but listening to music, the neurons in the motor cortex are firing.
Very conscious of the fact that an effort was being made to destroy my mind, because I was deprived of books, deprived of any means of writing, deprived of human companionship. You never know how much you need it until you're deprived of it.
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people; sometimes they follow it!
When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.
A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.
See the Light in Others, and Treat Them as if That is All you See.
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