Information Metabolism
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Antoni Ignacy Tadeusz Kępiński (16 November 1918 – 8 June 1972) was a Polish psychiatrist and philosopher. In his youth he was influenced by Carl Jung's approach. He is known as the originator of concepts like information metabolism (IM) and axiological psychiatry.
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Antoni Ignacy Tadeusz Kępiński (16 November 1918 – 8 June 1972) was a Polish psychiatrist and philosopher. In his youth he was influenced by Carl Jung's approach. He is known as the originator of concepts like information metabolism (IM) and axiological psychiatry.
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Polish psychiatrist Antoni Kępiński proposed that humans process information like the body's metabolism: intake, digest, absorb useful parts, and excrete useless/toxic parts. When information is "over-consumed, under-digested, or poorly excreted," an "information metabolism syndrome" (anxiety, distractibility) may occur. He emphasized the quality of information (nutritious vs. junk) and its rhythm (intake-digest-excrete).
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