In general, you&#x27;re correct. The problem is differentiating useful knowledge from trivia. Knowing pop culture references is useful from a social participation standpoint. Knowing the top 10 songs for each week of the past decade, not so useful except as a party trick. Or, less trivia more general knowledge, for most of us it doesn&#x27;t pay to know the ins and outs of every world conflict. They&#x27;re beyond our control (mostly), so knowledge past a certain point only really helps create a sense of despair and helplessness. There&#x27;s no reason to remain glued to those news feeds after a time because they&#x27;ll only keep you from living your life.<p>However, when it comes to <i>skills</i> like reading, math, logic, athletics, creative, or production type things, you can only know too much if there&#x27;s a set of skills you can&#x27;t use or your breadth is so great you&#x27;re mediocre or worse at most of them.