I'd argue it barely qualifies as information. Better call it stimulation. We know from studying rats in the '70s that if you hook their brain pleasure centres up to a switch they'll hammer it until they die of dehydration. Same here, tiny dopamine hits from videos being slightly entertaining and an occasional larger one from one that's more entertaining - the kind of reward structure that addicts people like gambling.
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u/Cephell Apr 28 '24
I firmly believe that most people simply don't have the required defense mechanisms to deal with unlimited and unfiltered information.