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“A lot of what I do as a showrunner is anxiety control. People get nervous when they don't know what's going on, so a big part of my job is making sure everyone has all of the information all of the time.”

People Knows Bigs Jobs Information Anxiety Nervous

Author:Glen Mazzara

“My chief time for reading is at night while brushing my hair before I go to bed, and as you may suppose, but little profit and pleasure can be derived from such mere sips at the well of knowledge. 'Tis a great privation to me, for my desire for information increases instead of diminishing, and I look forward with great anxiety to the time when I can improve my poor neglected mind and learn some of the few exhaustless store of things which I wish to know.”

Source: Fanny, the American Kemble: her journals and unpublished letters

“Information anxiety is the black hole between data and knowledge, and it happens when information doesn't tell us what we want or need to know.”

Knows Want Needs Happens Black Information Anxiety Holes Data Black Hole

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

“My anxiety about disasters is lower. The more you know, the less scary any of this stuff is. And that's my hope for the book. I want to get people's attention and tell them very valuable and ultimately hopeful information, and you find out nothing is as scary as your imagination.”

People Knows Want Book Stuff Imagination Attention Information Anxiety Scary Valuable Disaster Hopeful

Author:Amanda Ripley

“One of the most anxiety-inducing side effects of the information era is the feeling that you have to know it all.”

Knows Feelings Sides Effects Information Anxiety Eras Side Effects Know It All

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

“If you do have to look at polls, you should do it no more than once every few days, to get a general sense of the state of the race. I've seen the work on information overload, which makes people depressed, stressed and freezes their brains. I know that checking the polls constantly is a recipe for self-deception and anxiety.”

People Ifs Knows Should Looks Self States Politics Race Brain Information Anxiety Deception Recipes Polls Stressed Self Deception Freeze Overload Information Overload

Author:David Brooks

“It is quite possible that societies - much like individuals - collectively repress information, concepts, and ideas which would produce high anxiety levels if dealt with consciously.”

Ifs Ideas Individual Levels Information Produce Anxiety Concepts High Anxiety

Author:Wilson Bryan Key

“More time [to decide] without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.”

Information Anxiety Insight More Time

Author:Seth Godin