Why Do Humans Love High-Density Information Flow?
Late last week, I found myself scrolling through Hacker News well past midnight. Each short piece felt like a condensed information capsule—sometimes the core conclusion of a research paper, other times a sharp take on tech trends from a programmer. I simply couldn’t stop, and before I knew it, it was 2 AM. That “can’t put it down” feeling is actually everywhere in life. When watching * Rick and Morty *, you never know what’s coming next: one second Rick’s tinkering with a wild invention, the next the timeline warps due to some accident. Those absurd twists keep you on the edge of your seat, hooked. In just a few minutes, the dense plot turns and mind-bending ideas glue viewers to the screen. On the flip side, scrolling through certain short videos leaves you feeling empty, even though your fingers were moving a mile a minute. It’s like you watched a lot, but remembered nothing. We say someone is “hard to talk to” usually because conversations wi...