#information #wisdom #rationality #metaphysical Last modified date: 2022-12-16 08:04 Commit: 4 Created at 2022-12-16 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Related # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Noise >M: Man lives in a world whose noise is so wide and deep that it requires either an extraordinary DNA or a cataclysmic chance occurrence for him to turn away from the noise and seek The Truth. It is almost impossible for him to deem that all that he has been told for his entire life and all that he hears on a daily basis is completely false and full of lies. Monumentally rare are such men. But this is the only way. For without it, one is destined to a life of misery, turmoil, and [[Anxiety|anxiety]]. >~ [[Kapil Gupta - A Master's Secret Whispers For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living|Kapil Gupta]] ![[DALL·E 2022-06-21 16.41.28 - A man assailed by the noise coming from all the computers around him, digital art.png]] ## Information [[Information]] ## What is noise? ![[DALL·E 2022-06-21 16.10.21 - A man visiting a painting gallery, he looks like having a headache, he holds his head with both hands. All the paintings represent white noise. Digita.png]] **Noise** is [[Information]] that does not align with with goals. Did hunter gatherer received plenty of information from some rectangular, hand-sized piece of weird material? We live in an age of abundance, whether it be in information, food, everything. However more is not more, eating 3,4,5 times a day won't make you more energetic, quite the opposite, reading all the news, reading 10 books a day, won't make you a genius. ![[DALL·E 2022-06-21 16.41.58 - A man assailed by the noise coming wave of noise all around him, digital art.png]] The brain is like a computer it has limited RAM and CPU, it needs some time to process information and transform it into [[Philosophy/Epistemology/Knowledge|knowledge]]. Most of digital content is **noise**, i.e. it reduces your knowledge, (good) books are a secure source of knowledge, especially those that have passed the test of time, i.e. [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Lindy Effect|Lindy-proof]] books. The Internet is not evil though, some places have great information, such as [Farnam Street](https://fs.blog/), some good Youtube channels %%TODO: list mine%% ![[DALL·E 2022-06-21 16.14.57 - A man visiting a painting gallery, he looks like having a headache, he holds his head with both hands. All the paintings represent white noise. Digita.png]] ## How to protect yourself from noise? - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?hl=en&id=cz.mobilesoft.appblock - ios/android do not disturb - Airplane mode - Destroy your phone (have no phone) - Have no apps - Only install app when you need it - Go in the forest ([[Thoreau]]) - learn to avoid noise - Be anti social 😉 (does not work long term) - wear earplugs - jump off a cliff (joking) - become a monk - go to mars ## External links https://fermatslibrary.com/s/a-wandering-mind-is-an-unhappy-mind