{"id":551,"date":"2012-09-27T11:14:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshualyman.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2012-11-26T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T19:26:32","slug":"thought-question-how-do-you-determine-the-value-of-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshualyman.com\/2012\/09\/thought-question-how-do-you-determine-the-value-of-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought Question: How do you determine the value of information?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I have had a curious question nagging at me that would have profound impacts on the way that we work with and around information. <strong>How do we determine the value of information, or what heuristics do we use to evaluate the worth of some information to us?<\/strong>\u00a0Whether it be valued in terms of time, money, health changes, etc., we certainly make subconscious decisions regarding the ROI to consume a bit of information. I am wondering what facets others use to make this judgement call.<\/p>\n<p>If you have personal anecdotes, thoughts, or resources, I&#8217;d love to hear of them. In the meantime, I am going to be looking into what has been uncovered in this area, and pursue what we can discover going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I have had a curious question nagging at me that would have profound impacts on the way that we work with and around information. 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