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> [What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-simon/what-information-consumes-is-rather-obvious-it-consumes-the-attention/)

[Herbert Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-simon/)

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> [What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-a-simon/what-information-consumes-is-rather-obvious-it-consumes-the-attention-2/)

[Herbert A. Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-a-simon/)

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> [“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jocelyn-k-glei/what-information-consumes-is-rather-obvious-it-consumes-the-attention-3/)

[Jocelyn K. Glei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jocelyn-k-glei/)

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> [“The busy lives people lead in the technologically driven culture that consumes our attention often produce a multitasking frenzy of activity that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-siegel/the-busy-lives-people-lead-in-the-technologically-driven-culture-that/)

[Daniel J. Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-siegel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/daniel-j-siegel-13364_focus_the-busy-lives-people-lead-in-the-techno_2017524.png)

> [“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-ferriss/what-information-consumes-is-rather-obvious-it-consumes-the-attention-4/)

[Timothy Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-ferriss/)

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