https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/critical-thinking-tips-how-to
The term ‘infobesity’ was coined in 2013 to describe “the condition of continually consuming large amounts of information, when this has a negative effect on a person’s wellbeing and their ability to concentrate.” Sound familiar?
We are so caught up in consuming the narratives that other people are telling us to live by – from how to think to the ‘correct’ way to organise our knicker drawer – that we have forgotten how to form our own opinions. All because we lack the ability, or the motivation, to sit alone with our own thoughts. We’re scared of being bored.