Media Diet
What it is
- The informational content you regularly consume – news, podcasts, newsletters, non-fiction books, documentaries, and online publications. Your media diet shapes how well-informed you are about the world and provides the raw material for your worldview.
Why it matters
- Most people consume information reactively through algorithmic feeds and push notifications, leading to fragmented understanding and poor retention. A deliberately curated media diet improves decision-making, reduces information anxiety, and compounds over time – the sources you choose today shape the mental models you rely on for years.
Related life areas
- Consumptive Leisure – entertainment media such as fiction, film, and gaming
- Information Management – the systems you use to organise, store, and retrieve information
- Worldview – the beliefs and mental models built from your information consumption
What people value about media diet
People pursue better information consumption for different reasons. This site scores every media diet intervention across four core values, and ranks them by how well they deliver on the things you actually care about.
Information Quality & Depth
The accuracy, nuance, and intellectual rigour of consumed information. Prioritising books over articles, primary sources over summaries, and expert analysis over hot takes.
Actionable Relevance
How directly the information supports decision-making and practical outcomes in your life. Career-relevant developments, investment insights, health discoveries, and information that changes behaviour or choices.
Breadth & Discovery
Exposure to diverse perspectives, unexpected insights, and information outside your existing knowledge areas. Following curiosity into unfamiliar domains and maintaining intellectual openness.
Cognitive Efficiency
Optimising the retention-to-effort ratio and minimising cognitive overhead from information consumption. Choosing formats that match your processing style and avoiding redundant coverage.