And the important thing is this I don't fall into the trap of FOMO of where my fear of missing out keeps me scrolling through Instagram or Facebook or Twitter, and instead I use the sources of information. Journalists I trust researchers I've followed for years read their stuff highlighted, annotate it, share it into these back end systems, specialized apps that make me smarter. I'll leave a link to a blog post I put up about it. This is a fact
Greg Dickson
@ElasticBD · 2:42
I had lists linking to articles and information that rarely ever surfaced. And so I'm curious how you feel that roam research tool. What percentage of our archival information is resurfacing where you're consciously reviewing it, digesting it and further to what end is it truly adding something positive to the quality of your life? Now I'm asking this. You didn't ask for this kind of feedback
Shahnaz Ahmed
@bookishpodcast · 3:09
Perhaps if you think, well, by doing all this, you're spending less time on Instagram or Facebook or wherever your social media is. And if you have foam of like, oh, my goodness, I'm going to miss out on those of what's going on there. If you have a great deal of FOMO with social media, I feel it's more of an addiction rather than a FOMO. I think this is more of a means to keep you organized
Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 3:27
I think it is important to have a process by which you can read something, think about what you've read, then recall it with some specificity because a lot of stuff I read right now I want to leverage it by kicking it back to my red hated MAGA friends as factual and polite science without slamming in their face. But to remember the statistics or to remember the author, to remember the daytime group of the service or the science publication
Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 3:06
So I admire the fact that you're ruthlessly in that space. But with the 20 something students I have, I got about 85 of them in their 20s and like they're all over the map and different networks and I have to remain aware of trends they're experiencing, and I need to be able to reach and acquire some kind of affinity with them. So that's why I'm in these other places and it is a distraction
Greg Dickson
@ElasticBD · 3:24
That everything I do in terms of reading, in terms of engagement, is paying very close attention to when an activation occurs, where an insight occurs, because when that occurs, it's probably a combination of a dopamine hit. And instead of a dopamine storm, there's a dopamine hit with a mental construct, a mental set of thoughts coupled with emotion, really? And then if I have a visual reference to it, it really cements it into my active awareness
Bernie Goldbach
@topgold · 2:31
And I want to do something with that collection of books. I've kept it with me now, kept them with me for moving from Dublin to cocaine durlist Ballet Clear hand Casual Maclofty columnal. So eight different homes have carried these books in plastic containers, and I want to use them. And so I have a system different systems. I've looked at trying to leverage these books, and I've ended up with a Zeta casting mechanism through Rome research
Greg Dickson
@ElasticBD · 1:11
Hey, Bernie, I was listening to your reply to Shanaz and Bookish podcast. And talking about your FOMOS relating to your FOMO is about relevant to your students. Here's an unconventional question for you. Is it really about being relevant, or would it be more or less powerful to be relatable to be cogent and insightful? I'm just curious about that because they're relevant to be irrelevant. Is this really strong belief? And I'm interested in your background, your personal philosophy