CNN.com - Age of information overload - Dec 26, 2005

CNN.com - Age of information overload - Dec 26, 2005

Will all this instantly accessible information make us much smarter, or simply more stressed? When can we break to think, absorb and ponder all this data?

I suspect that we will not become smater. But lazier. I have read several stories recently which point out that despite higher levels of “education” fewer people can actually think. Just because more “information” is available doesn’t mean it is truly information. For most it will simply be data and have no meaning.

26 December, 2005 |

2 comments to “CNN.com - Age of information overload - Dec 26, 2005”

Paul, January 4th, 2006 at 10:09 am:

• I think you are correct to a point. But with so much information how will we know we are not missing something? So some people will think they already have all the info they need and others will constantly be looking for me. However, because this is happening slowly I think we will learn to adapt.

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