Information overload, the early years

Boston Globe by Ann Blair | Nov. 28, 2010 (Opinion)

Worry about information overload has become one of the drumbeats of our time. The world’s books are being digitized, online magazines and newspapers and academic papers are steadily augmented by an endless stream of blog posts and Twitter feeds. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Sirajul Islam - Nov 28, 2010 - 2:18 AM PST
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Edited by: Jon Mitchell - Nov 29, 2010 - 7:53 AM PST

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 by Sirajul Islam - Nov. 29, 2010

Good insights from Harvard professor Ann Blair. I welcome this wealth of information. There has always been too much information for a single human to digest. Now there is simply faster and easier access to much of it. The only thing this means is that there is no excuse for not making informed decisions. This implied, we simply have to pick our own pieces and decide what is important to us.

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