X : I feel overloaded with information, it''s almost impossible to make choices.
Me : That's deliberate. You need to filter more.
X : How?
Me : Personally, I ask whether this is being written for reasons of money or out of a desire to help. I delete all the money side.
Me : That's deliberate. You need to filter more.
X : How?
Me : Personally, I ask whether this is being written for reasons of money or out of a desire to help. I delete all the money side.
X : Examples?
Me : Every think tank, every commercial posting or funded report, most press ... just ask the question, if they weren't being paid to write this then would they? Go hunt down the people who are writing because they are passionate about a subject.
Me : Every think tank, every commercial posting or funded report, most press ... just ask the question, if they weren't being paid to write this then would they? Go hunt down the people who are writing because they are passionate about a subject.
X : That seems a bit cynical.
Me : Oh, cynicism is an essential must have these days and I always start with questions of "why are you writing this, who is paying you and how are you messing with me?"
Me : Oh, cynicism is an essential must have these days and I always start with questions of "why are you writing this, who is paying you and how are you messing with me?"
