I totally agree with the premise here and it was pretty much my first reaction to the original but I feel like this kind of rambled a bit. But oh well, the point is tuning out is not a good idea. It's great for information overload but not in generall on the other hand I disagree that it's alright to consume the amounts of information given as examples in this post. At a certain point you either have to scale back your consumption or go quench your thirst for knowledge. This article was closer to a good idea than the one it was written in response to but I must say it again: Balance. Strike a balance between learning and being around for opportunities to arise and pure stoppage of all input.

This should be common sense. Learn and be knowledgeable but don't get consumed and paralyzed.