"[Unlike machines,] humans actively seek information rather than passively receive it..." #readingToday

According to the information–processing viewpoint that George Miller helped introduce, humans receive information from the environment and then process it. Humans are therefore described as passive or reactive 'machines.' Philosophers and psychologists have, however, long known that such is not the case. Humans actively seek information rather than passively receive it. In psychology and cognitive engineering this is represented by a perception-action cycle. This describes how our current understanding and expectations, sometimes called 'schemata,' determine what we look for and how we interpret it._

The ETTO Principle, Erik Hollnagel