Brian Solis at PandoDaily:
We are, for better or for worse, always on. And this is both part of the problem and part of the solution for how we evolve as individuals and as an information society.
I’m writing a book, currently titled “Overload: Living in the Information Age” and have to agree with Brian Solis that there isn’t an ‘Information Overload’ per se. It’s how we handle it.
When the ancient Greeks decided to write their verbal stories down, people feared that the art of conversation and storytelling would disappear and people would only read.
When Gutenberg’s press was released, books would become too cheap and too readily available, offering up a sort of information overload to the masses.
With the widespread adoption of television, it was feared that everything, even education, would happen from home using this new medium.
Computers and the internet get the same reaction as all these previous disruptions.
It’s only an overload if you (we) let it be.
Tries to read 1 book a week, listens to music at work and podcasts on the train, watches quality TV to unwind and owns an Xbox 360.
