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Reviewer on "let the bits go"
Blogger Eric Nehrlich writes a brief review of Bit Literacy, including this nicely written encapsulation of "let the bits go":
The main thing I took away from this book was his contention that bits are no longer valuable - they are a torrent that we should let pass us by rather than trying to capture. To make a strained analogy, his perspective is we should stop trying to control this torrent with the equivalent of a dam and instead use a net to fish out the useful bits. In a specific example, he recommends against being a packrat with email - either deal with it immediately, or delete it. You won't get to it later, because there's always more email arriving. He recommends getting the inbox down to 0 messages at least once a day. He makes similar recommendations for all aspects of your digital life.
