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Have you noticed that despite the supposed information overload problem the incidence rate of your “how did I not know this!” flow of input-Aha moments has been slowly increasing over the last few years. Not signal-to-noise ratio, actual absolute signal levels? Mine has.
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Signal to noise (SNR) is actually a bad measure for intelligent systems. You’re not a simple amplifier or something. Noise should be weighted by how costly it is to tune out, and signal by how costly it is to tune in. Most noise is very cheap to cut out.
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If you have clarity around what you care about, 90% of noise is filtered out by your unconscious. It doesn’t even register. You have to learn meditation to even notice it. Of the remaining 10%, 9% is classification errors caused by your own clarity issues. 1% is real noise.
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> You have to learn meditation to even notice it. (90% noise filtered out → meditation → 80% noise filtered out → ontological refactoring → 91% noise filtered out → meditation → ...) (if done right...)
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