knowledge and debt share an interesting property they both provide leverage at the cost of a pressure gradient that pushes you to maximize the potential of that leverage in the form of constant anxiety.
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the equivalent of a debt-hole for knowledge is excess knowledge that compounds into increasingly dissatisfying world views of the world until insanity, cynicism, or nihilism. these perspective shifts warp the world into a recursive knot of mirrors.
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the boundary of the world view wraps back into the center, creating self-contradiction, arrogance, and doublethink rather than risk incurring even more debt with having to admit "i don't know" a warped world view is the equivalent of cutting up credit cards.
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just like with credit cards, preventing the accumulation of debt is one thing, but once the debt starts compounding faster than it can be paid off, it's just a smaller black hole vs a bigger black hole. there's still no escape.
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the equivalent of paying down knowledge debt is to actualize in some way. put it to work by doing something with it rather than letting it ferment. this is "action", or if you're feeling fancy, Praxis.
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through action, excess knowledge is pruned. theory and planning often show extreme weaknesses when put to the test of reality. this greatly trims the knowledge burden leaving you only with that which is relevant to your path.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1305059855523172353?s=20 …
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journaling is similar, especially the kind where you "eat" yourself. (self as an emergent construct that arises from a critical mass of knowledge)https://www.quora.com/What-is-spiritual-autolysis-described-in-Jed-Mckennas-Spiritual-Enlightenment-trilogy …
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investing also is something that can "consume" and "pay off" your knowledge debt.https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/investing-the-greatest-show-on-earth/ …
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