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Forgetfulness as a Virtue

Mon Nov 5 10:07:00 2007

Joshua Schachter, the creator of del.icio.us, just mentioned that one of the key methods we have for dealing with too much information is forgetting. He said it in the context of talking about how every time he finds an interesting blog and adds it to his feed reader, he has one more thing to do. Not adding it right away and only adding it if he remembers and goes back saves that effort. This is a critical survival function in the modern world, I think. We have to be willing to let things fall off our plates--and be more
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