Just as eating too much food makes us sick, eating too fast also makes us ill. Scarfing down food quickly may satiate our immediate hunger or need for “on the go” fuel, but it usually isn’t great for our health. Similar things happen when we consume information too fast. It may seem like we are maximizing time and optimizing ourselves—efficiently consuming all manner of information at ever greater speeds—but the reality is we are eroding our capacity for wisdom. Humans