Dr. Ed Yong writes about how the sensory envelope ‘umwelt’ shapes animals— for the human animal we might consider a “information environment” Everyone has an information environment and you can, if you wish, shape this environment— if you do not choose to shape it one will be imposed on you by people and interests that may or may not care about your health and joy.
I think part of learning to thrive in an information age is learning to cultivate the information envelope.
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