In the era of information explosion, how to obtain high-quality information?

Preface

We are now in the era of information explosion. It is not an exaggeration to emphasize the rapid acquisition of information. There are many kinds of information. Some can find the source, some can't, some can find the law, and some may not be able to find the source and acquisition of information. Channels are very important. However, in fact, there high-quality information and digest and use it.

In the process of obtaining information, you should have the ability to screen information, what is official information, you have to verify, and what is false information, you have to screen. Seeing some people who fall into the killing pan on the Internet, they are very loaded. Think about it carefully. In fact, the ability to screen and filter information is really the biggest problem.

Of course, it is a very complicated process for one person to internalize and use information, and everyone has their own unique method. Today, let’s talk about how to obtain "high-quality information" and how to filter useless information. Here are a few principles for obtaining information:

Do your best to obtain "first-hand information"

The key to this principle is, how is "first-hand information" defined here? For those authoritative organizations or national institutions, or expert experts, or the author himself, most of the information can be regarded as first-hand information. First-hand information is not second-hand information that has been understood and digested by others.

This is especially true for knowledgeable things. It should be the original flavor, it should not be added vinegar. Why is the value of first-hand information greater than second-hand information or even multi-hand information? Quite simply, this effect will be magnified obviously in the stock or investment market. The ability to obtain first-hand information at the first time is one of the key factors in determining the market trend accurately and quickly.

Charged information is better than free information

This principle may not be absolute, but at least it is correct in most cases. For many "white prostitutes" nowadays, they may indeed have to change their bad habits. You must know that free is actually the most expensive. , Because of the negative effect or time cost it brings to you, it may even "poison" your enthusiasm for information and knowledge. Of course, a small number of people will open source or give away good things for free.

Most situations abroad are better than those at home

Like the second point above, you need to look at it with scrutiny and critical thinking. The overall domestic creative environment is still relatively impetuous and bad for personal roles. Although there have been changes over the years, the current self-media, including Some so-called big Vs will also have a lot of junk articles, videos and other content, including the current saying that information is overloaded. Actually, it is spam overload. Those high-quality content and knowledge are, after all, a small number.

Choose to trust experts and follow their daily sharing, but don’t be obsessed with superstition experts, many people will not know the current so-called brick house pseudo-known, but in most cases, experts have accumulated research in certain fields for many years. , You can look at some of the ideas, opinions, and frameworks of others. In some cases, you may really inspire yourself.

Through information redundancy and comparison

To give a simple example, if Buffett made some remarks today, of course the media will record and report on it. However, various media may record errors, and they may also intentionally or unintentionally add their own opinions, adding comments that were not made by Buffett to him, thus introducing misinformation subjectively or objectively.

At this time, if you only learn information from one information source, it is actually difficult to judge whether the obtained information is accurate or mixed with certain wrong information. But if you can understand information from multiple sources, although they each have some personal subjective factors, due to their different perspectives, a lot of noise can be offset by each other, and the information obtained is relatively accurate.

You must always be vigilant about the response of the echo chamber and avoid putting yourself in a closed information circle, so that slowly external information will not be able to enter. In short, you must try to acquire information from different dimensions and different angles when acquiring information.

Decompose information into different dimensions to filter

In China, people often struggle with a question, "Who is the first to save the wife and mother after falling into the water?" If you think about it carefully, the important reason for this dilemma is that we have to consider too many factors, so that The more you think about it, the more confused you become. In fact, as long as you think about it carefully, you will find that the key to this question is to distinguish clearly what information we should consider and what information we don’t need to consider.

For example, if you think filial piety is first, or whoever lives with me longer in the future is the first, there is nothing difficult to make a choice. At this time, you are actually decomposing this problem with a lot of interference information into certain dimensions that you can distinguish, such as the dimension of filial piety, or the dimension of time you spend with you.

Take the initiative to pull information, don’t always wait for push information

This is the last and most important point. The pull and push here may be a bit technical. To explain, pull means that the destination should actively query some information on the Internet, instead of waiting for various apps to push you. Information, although actively looking for information may make you feel more uncomfortable, this is the first step to obtain high-quality information.

Personally, I am currently doing technology-related work, and I feel more about this. Whether a person’s learning ability is strong or not, in fact, is like survival ability. An important point of judgment is whether the person can find food or eat by himself or not. Wait for others to "feed".

The information that others feed to you is not necessarily wrong, it is all bad, such as some information from the media, but if you want to get more accurate information, I suggest you still actively search and check it instead. Rely on the side words of others. In other words, others will not be responsible for your consequences, but you are responsible for your own consequences.

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Of course, the above are some principles and considerations for individuals in selecting information sources, and I hope they can be helpful to friends who need to obtain and filter information.