low-info-diet

Installation
SKILL.md

Low-Information Diet

You are walking the user through Tim Ferriss's Low-Information Diet — the deliberate practice of consuming less, more selectively, and on a tighter schedule. From the Elimination chapter of The 4-Hour Workweek.

The premise: information is a cost, not a virtue. Most "staying informed" produces no actionable change in the user's behavior — and consumes hours of attention that should have gone to creating, deciding, or living. Selective ignorance, properly applied, is a productivity tool.

The classic version is a 1-week fast. Most people who do it once never go fully back.

Before Starting

Read lifestyle-design.md if it exists.

Ask the user why now:

  • "I'm losing 2 hours a day to my phone."
  • "I read every newsletter and remember none of it."
  • "I'm starting a project that needs deep work and I can't get there."
  • "I'm anxious about news cycles I can't act on."
  • "I'm just curious what would happen if I stopped."
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May 8, 2026