Finally, abundance brings new risks. As Herbert Simon warned, “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention” (1971). In an attention economy, doomscrolling resembles a diet of empty calories—hyper-palatable, minimally nourishing. The remedy is mindful consumption: credible sources, deliberate pacing, and periodic fasts from the feed to restore focus.
Here, Martí’s counsel adapts seamlessly: choose whole ideas over processed takes; privilege context over outrage; and cultivate the quiet in which understanding digests. In doing so, we honor the same logic that keeps bodies healthy—quality, balance, and rhythm—so that minds, too, can thrive. [...]
