I think this quote from Herbert Simon, which I have hastily lifted from Mr. Smith’s blog is worth considering today:
“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention, and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.”
Think about it….
My thanks to Stephen Davies for pointing out that the quote is nearly 30 years old – plus ca change, etc.
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