Meaning of infovorous | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to the consumption of information; Involving learning and gathering knowledge.

Examples

“When people are trying to satisfy⟳ a need⟳ for food, are avoiding harm⟳ or are otherwise involved in some goal-oriented behavior, then the infovorous instincts take⟳ a less active role.”

“In this paper, I want⟳ to argue⟳ that the world consists of a series of 'intelligencings', to use⟳ a rather clumsy phrase, intelligencings which vary⟳ substantially in their reach⟳ and understanding and interaction, and which have⟳ geographies we can and should map – 'infovorous' geographies that can and do teach⟳ us how to be, and that therefore have⟳ an important ethical dimension.”

“Mathieu’s gesture of keeping a diary comes naturally when set⟳ against the background of infovorous danger — of the information-addicted individual.”

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