How much of the information we process every day, and the
communications we participate in (with varying degrees of engagement),
actually provides us with useful (actionable) knowledge and useful
capacities? Very little, I would argue. Just as most of our processed
and 'fast' foods give us mostly empty calories and nothing of
nutritional value (and lots that is toxic), so too, most of our
information 'diet' is empty entertainment, designed to make us feel
better without actually making us intellectually 'healthier' (and
sometimes making us intellectually unhealthy).