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Wisdom in an Age of Distraction: Brett McCracken Interview

The Becket Cook Show

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What Is Information Gluttony?

In his new book, Altos talks about the dangers of information gluttony. He says it's easier than ever to be an information glutton right? We all open up our phones, and it's as if were like going to the world's longest buffet line where there's tons of lik horrible for you,. Like junk food everywhere, food full of preservatives and all sorts of bad things. So that's what we do when we open up our phone. It's like a binge diet of junk food, essentially. And so the information overlowed, why it's a problem,why it's leaving us to sickness? Altos mention a couple of things that i talk about in

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