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  1. @jec Yes, this is very much what I'm getting at.

    There are some Mastodon tools you can use, more on that in a follow-up.

    On the concept itself, earlier writings:

    Cheap Rejection as a Feature

    Builds the idea that cheap and fast no-gregats information rejection is a feature in an information-rich world:

    [M]ental models are not simply modeling devices, but information rejection tools. Borrowing from Clay Shirkey’s “It’s not information overload, it’s filter failure”, the world is a surprisingly information-rich space, and humans (or any other information-processing system, biological or otherwise) simply aren’t equipped to deal with more than a minuscule fraction of it. We aim for a useful fraction. It paints an incomplete, but useful picture.

    Even a bad model has utility if it rejects information cheaply.

    <diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/

    Refutation of Metcalfe's Law revisited: network effects meet Sturgeon's Law
    old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/c

    On bullshit, S/N, craft, respect, and originality
    old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/c

    #SignalNoise #Information #InformationOverload #CheapRejection #Models #Satisficing #InformationTheory