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Ro's avatar

Brilliant analogy!

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Argo's avatar

If you liked where that came from, there's an entire section on the site devoted to this theme, something I call Communication Overhead. Start at the bottom and work your way up, this piece was the first in a series. :)

https://argomend.substack.com/t/communication-overhead

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Ro's avatar

Thanks!

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mangoxmochi's avatar

I like this a lot and I find it very relatable.

Realistically, there's a lot more information coming out than what a person can reasonably process. Prioritization has been really helpful but not sufficient so far.

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Argo's avatar

It's not sufficient in itself, but it's the most important first step. After that, you have to figure out how to store information in a way that you can later refer to. Just taking notes allows you to offload information to somewhere where it won't be lost if you suddenly realized you've left dinner on the stove too long.

Unless you've put your notepad on the stove, but that's a much bigger problem.

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