10 tips to successfully pick out information to see the future

byG. Crescoli

Writer'sRichard WatsonMr. Known as a writer about the future, such as books that look forward to 50 years from now, but I do not use Twitter, which is frequently used as an information dissemination tool, the main sources of information are newspapers, and that day I do not read like checking all the news. Quartz, a news site, reveals that there are ten hints that Mr. Watson touches as much information as it can write a book, which seems to have less time touching the news.

Stop reading the latest news if you want to be better informed - Quartz
https://qz.com/1222019/stop-reading-the-latest-news-if-you-want-to-be-better-informed/


Quartz's 10 tips are as follows. Some things become similar contents when it goes down.

· 1: Practice "selective ignorance"
· 2: Break down routine
· 3: to find "influential people" on information
· 4: Going out (can not flock)
· 5: Find trustworthy sources
· 6: Become calm
· 7: Extract reading time
· 8: accept silence
· 9: Stop social media
· 10: Break the connection

Mr. Watson's reading of the newspaper is "to verify the related articles in a couple of weeks after a certain event has occurred". Although the report just after the occurrence is overheated, it seems that it is because the tone is settled by putting time and it becomes easier to grasp from a neutral position.

Since the number of news itself is many and it is impossible to think about everything, it is an image to make a triangle with "width and depth touching the news" on the premise of "quality rather than quantity". This information selection is "selective ignorance".

In particular, the well-known facts are overflowing in the Internet and it is in a state that is valuable just by invaluing valuable information, so after taking a cynical position against the epidemic, what is on the other side of the epidemic It is to make sure.

To meet "valuable information", it is necessary to secure "reliable source". Mr. Watson recommends weekend version of high-end paper.

byŠtefan Štefančík

Also important, I also mention the securing of reading time. In fact, Mr. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, sometimes went to a hideout in the mountains to read in research papers and books and to create time to think in order to create innovative ideas . It is also important to ensure a quiet environment to contemplate, not just time but sometimes. Because people are crowds, it seems to be related to the idea that they should not be crowded.

On the other hand, since it is thought that information gathering will be routine, as a way to overcome routines and acquire innovative ways of thinking, Mr. Watson says, "With people who are strangers and books and magazines that we picked up appropriately I talk about how to talk ".