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Signal vs Noise
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Save only what changes what you do or believe this month - most feeds are noise.
Key Concept
- I save only what changes what I do or believe this month - most content is noise.
- Level 1: Keep only things that will change how you act or think this month - most articles and posts are just noise.
- Level 2: I only keep things that will change how I act or think this month - most articles and posts are just background noise.
- Level 3: Save what moves behavior or belief soon - the rest is ambient chatter.
- Level 4: Because intake outruns application, curation is a filter on action, not archive vanity.
- Level 5: I save only what changes what I do or believe this month - most content is noise; Information Diet is the upstream lever.
- Admiring an article without a behavior change is entertainment, not signal.
- The filter is simple: would I act or cite this within thirty days?
- Headline only when nothing would change this month - no mental slot, no save.
Examples
- The trade-rumor thread was loud all week - signal was the one injury note that actually changed our lineup; the rest I admired and skipped.
- The dentist waiting room had a stack of magazines - if it will not change what I do this month, headline only, no mental slot.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| alternative | Active Knowledge Curation | Filter at save vs curate after capture |
| contradicts | Capture | when I save first and filter later |
| extends | Information Diet | What you let in - filter frame next to capture |
| extends | Renewed Mind | Kingdom signal before culture noise enters the mind |
