The information overflow cannot be managed. I am not saving anything to Pocket. I do not open more than 10-15 tabs (by all means, I do not _persist_ tabs; the browser should start with a single empty window). For me, this is the only way to keep my sanity. I always want to read less, not more. For me, as an ADHD person, reading something even remotely interesting is a full scale addiction. I don't need to enable it more.
I'm personally constantly flipping between the two views. One day, I feel like I'd like the systems the article described. Save, backup and index everything. Give seamless ability to search and mix. But then the other day I just want to disconnect - because I have this sinking feeling that I read too much, and think too little. Like my own mind is being slowly eaten away by the countless topics I read about.
Couldn't agree more. I have approximately 10-15 tabs open on Firefox as well as on Brave and while reading through the content of one tab I come across some interesting stuff which in turn leads me to open another tab or two and the cycle continues.
True. At some point the answer to overload is to cut something out.
But I think he’s onto something, and I’m specifically looking at Slack and email, which seemed designed to force as many context switches as possible. Something along the lines of putting streams of information aside or in piles so I can deal with one at a time would be a sweeping improvement.
I use a tab-limiting extension that automatically closes background tabs if they go over a certain number and haven't been interacted with for more than a certain amount of time.
I thought I'd hate it due to lost articles / sites but it turns out I never notice, and when I do miss something I can always find it via history.
