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Collecting information only feels like progress

We are tricking ourselves, falling into one of the Pitfalls and illusions of competence with the presence of the material making us feel like we already know the subject. The keyword here is feels like progress. The most important thing you should know when finding yourself with this tendency is information is only stored, not consumed. Information is only acquired when you try to make sense of it.

Nonetheless, it is still useful if we can control our resource-collecting tendencies. One of the simplest ways to reduce this is to Create an inbox to store your thoughts. Or rather, an inbox of resources that you'll have to filter later.