The Paradox of Abundance

The Paradox of Abundance

Information abundance, like all markets of abundance, is bad for the average person but great for a small number of people

Food Abundance

Americans are overweight, not because of scarcity but because of abundance — just like the news

Get in Tip-Top Shape

Due to the abundance of information, the median information consumer is no better off than they used to be while the smartest people are smarter than they’ve ever been

Food and Information: Gresham’s Law

On the Internet, low-quality content drives out high-quality content, as the most wide-read articles are polarizing and emotionally jarring

Succeeding in a World of Information Abundance

The pendulum of human attention has swung too far in the direction of compulsive consumption of superficial news

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