# “If code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.” - @balajis

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**Published on:** 2022-01-18
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@rustyblob/if-code-scripts-machines-media-scripts-human-beings-balajis

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What are Information diets? 📚 Sugar leads to diabetes of the body The internet, with its limitless and open access to media, leads to diabetes of the brain Health monitors can help manage our food diet We need something similar to monitor our information diet A thumb rule - If the content leads to passive consumption, the information quality is low If the content leads to pausing & rewinding, the information quality is high New age, New addictions, New rules 📐

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