> The advertising revenue model gives the media incentives to make lots of cheap, addictive information.

It's the fast-food equivalent of information. It's cheap, readily available, seemingly fulfilling, and creating lots of problems later down the road.

> I have vowed to spend less time consuming and more time doing.

Yup. I've taken up hobbies that require making and building stuff in the real world. It's quite amazing what you can accomplish that way.