Is too much information strangling creativity?

Are we all so sick of hearing about, talking about and/or complaining about Facebook and the new changes and the new Timeline that we could puke? Good. So you’re probably in the mood to read something else. Something that might get your thoughts flowing. I’d like to submit this article from Good for your perusal: The Top 5 Things that Bother Me About this Headline. A great piece about how information and the quest for audience hampers creativity. My favorite line: ” I wonder if I’m still a writer, or if I’m a content creator.” Ouch.

Also there’s this:

Ostensibly, having this data at our fingertips would mean that we’re producing better ideas. The more you know about what your audience wants, the better you can create stories and infographics and art for them. If writing a certain headline or choosing a certain color for a button means that the most people will get access, shouldn’t you do it? It’s an interesting question.

And if you’re super sick of anything to do with the internet, go read The Atlantic’s compulsively readable History of Meatloaf (the foodstuffs and not the singer).