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Ask HN: Book suggestions for mindful information consumption

1 points by hmhrex ↗ HN
I just finished reading [The Information Diet](https://www.amazon.com/Information-Diet-Case-Conscious-Comsumption/dp/1491933399), and I was left a little confused and disappointed. I felt like it was marketed as a book for the average person looking to be more mindful about their information/media consumption, however, it was more about challenging people to look at both sides of the US political spectrum and to get more involved in local politics.

So, with that, any suggestions for books along the lines of being more intentional about the information/media we consume? It's a difficult thing to do in this day and age, but as I'm now a parent, I want to learn to be better at this, and model this for more children as well.

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tannerbrockwell
Pound's ABC of Reading[0] has been popular since its publication. I would inlcude Adler's How to Read a Book[1] as well. While these focus on literature, I think that there is a lot of overlap in technical and CS based writing. The primary disctinction would be that the later would be repeatable or implemented by the reader.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_of_Reading [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Read_a_Book

hmhrex
These seem to be more about how to read poetry and literature critically. I guess I'm looking more along the lines cutting back how much information I take in, and choosing better what information to take in.