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Information Diet
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Choose feeds on purpose because algorithm defaults are not neutral.
Key Concept
- Choose what you consume on purpose - feeds are not neutral.
- Level 1: Pick what news and videos you take in on purpose - what you scroll through shapes how you think.
- Level 2: Choose what you consume on purpose - feeds are not neutral background noise, like junk food left on the counter every day.
- Level 3: Passive scrolling trains attention and mood; curated intake shapes what feels normal by Friday - input becomes your inner weather.
- Level 4: Subscribe on purpose, unsubscribe on purpose - treat feeds like food you are willing to eat daily.
- Level 5: Signal vs Noise separates worth keeping; Digital Minimalism cuts pipes you cannot babysit.
- Curate inputs like food - binge headlines and your judgment gets as sloppy as your sleep. Digital Minimalism cuts tools; diet cuts feeds.
Examples
- I dropped two commute podcasts that only made me angry at strangers - information diet is curating inputs, not swallowing whatever the algorithm serves.
- I unfollowed three outrage sports accounts and pre-game was not ruined before warm-up.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Digital Serendipity | when the opposite frame fits better |
| extends | Digital Minimalism | Cut feeds after you cut the apps that serve them |
| extends | Renewed Mind | Diet curates feeds; renewal feeds Scripture that reshapes judgment |
| extends | Signal vs Noise | Diet is picking signal and starving noise |
