I'll put it down here the same way I teach it in real life:

Data is exactly that, data - it's inherently meaningless. Once data has been ascribed value, it then becomes information. Information without context or value is inherently meaningless. Once information has been ascribed value and is actionable, it then becomes intelligence.

Intelligence in itself is a powerful weapon but only it it can be applied - this begets wisdom. With wisdom, you identify trends and can map strategy accordingly.

You're right - a diet of just information for the sake of ingesting information is rather meaningless.

Yeah, man I was just listening to this song about a frog that could jump real high and I was like damn this is a good song ain't really about nothing just about a frog cool little story no big message behind it, just frogs can jump, and that's all that needs to be said but most people forget to talk about that type of stuff cuz they too busy getting psyched up for the war of Jewish aggression but you can't think about that all the time it is actually really bad for your brain gotta remember life need fun stuff too don't gotta go deep all day

Why?