Overload!
Journalism’s battle for relevance in an 
age of too much information
The idea that news consumers, even young ones, are overloaded should hardly come as a surprise. The information age is defined by output: we produce far more information than we can possibly manage, let alone absorb. Before the digital era, information was limited by our means to contain it. Publishing was restricted by paper and delivery costs; broadcasting was circumscribed by available frequencies and airtime. The Internet, on the other hand, has ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
the quote applies perhaps even more to information, news, and modern complexity itself.