Information Glut Quotes

“We’re drowning in information and starving for knowledge.”
― Rutherford D. Rogers

“Attend any conference on telecommunications or computer technology, and you will be attending a celebration of innovative machinery that generates, stores, and distributes more information, more conveniently, at greater speed than ever before, To the question “What problem does the information solve?” the answer is usually “How to generate, store and distribute more information, more conveniently, at greater speeds than ever before.” This is the elevation of information to a metaphysical status: information as both the means and end of human creativity. In Technopoly, we are driven to fill our lives with the quest to “access” information. For what purpose or with what limitations, it is not for us to ask; and we are not accustomed to asking, since the problem is unprecedented. The world has never before been confronted with information glut and has hardly had time to reflect on its consequences (61).”
― Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

“Some facts are each useful to only one person.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We have solved the problem of not having enough information by creating the problem of having too much information.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana