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Interlude LXII: Signal vs Noise | Information Overload, Attention Fragmentation, Cognitive Overload, Meaning Collapse
In this interlude of The Observable Unknown, Dr. Juan Carlos Rey examines one of the defining conditions of modern life: the collapse of clarity in information-saturated environments.
Human beings now have access to more data, commentary, stimulation, and media than any civilization in recorded history. Yet confusion, fragmentation, and cognitive exhaustion continue to intensify. This episode explores why.
Drawing on the work of Claude Shannon at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, the episode revisits the foundations of information theory and the original problem of signal transmission…
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