Our love for sugar has long been known to be a potential health hazard. Sugar is addictive, and our ability to produce it on an industrial scale has led to overconsumption and obesity. In a similar vein, our addiction to information has led to an epidemic of intellectual obesity that clogs up our minds. The abundance of information available to us has caused us to crave it just as we crave sugar. And just like sugar, too much information can be detrimental to our mental health. One of the way...