In prose, the worst thing one can do with words is surrender to them. When you think of a concrete object, you think wordlessly, and then, if you want to describe the thing you have been visualizing you probably hunt about until you find the exact words that seem to fit it. When you think of something abstract you are more inclined to use words from the start, and unless you make a conscious effort to prevent it, the existing dialect will come rushing in and do the job for you, at the expense of blurring or even changing your meaning. Probably it is better to put off using words as long as possible and get one’s meaning as clear as one can through pictures and sensations.
~ Orwell
What is your information diet like? (I mean other than when you engage in focused learning.) Do you regulate it, or do you just let it happen naturally?
By that I mean things like:
Do you have a reading schedule (e.g. X hours daily)?
Do you follow the news, or try to avoid information with a short shelf-life?
Do you significantly limit yourself with certain materials (e.g. fun stuff) to focus on higher priorities?
In the end, what is the makeup of the diet?
Etc.
Inspired by this question (Eliezer’s answer).