The Information Landscape

What information should we be consuming, and from where? There are books, podcasts, newsletters, blogs, journals, papers, tweets, films, and more. Each category holds enough information to keep a man busy for lifetimes. What information is best? Here are my top 5 ranked with brief explanations, given that the specific source is high quality. #1 Books - They force you to spend time with ideas and go deep. #2 Journals/Papers - Scholarly work is the cutting edge of knowledge. #3 Newsletters/Reputable Blogs - Short and pithy synthesis of old ideas as well as current issues. Authentic. #4 Podcasts - Digestable no matter where you are. #5 News Articles - Culturally relevant. That said, my ideal consumption makeup would look something like this: 40% Books 10% Journals/Papers 20% Newsletters/Blogs 20% Podcasts 10% News Articles For reference, my current consumption looks more like this 20% Books 0% Journals/Papers 10% Newsletters/Blogs 60% Podcasts 10% News Articles Here are specifics I am currently consuming. Books - Plato "The Republic", Jonathan Haidt "The Righteous Mind" Journals/Papers - N/A (I don't read journals right now, hopefully that changes. Newsletters/Blogs - Marginal Revolution, Lesswrong Podcasts - Conversations with Coleman, Triggernometry, Ben Shapiro, Ezra Klein, Lex Fridman News Articles - NYT, WSJ I hope to push towards my ideal consumption makeup and increase the quality of what I consume along the way.