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Knowledge Overload or Internet Lazy?
Dareth writes "Are we being overloaded by knowledge? Is the number of sources growing faster than we can keep up with them? These questions are posed by this article in USA Todays's tech section The article seems to suggest we need 'better technology to cope with the problems better technology creates.'" From the article: "With a generation growing up expecting everything on the Internet, libraries, non-profit organizations and leading search companies like Yahoo and Microsoft are committing hundreds of millions of dollars collectively to scan books and other printed materials so they can be indexed and retrieved online. HarperCollins Publishers even announced plans in mid-December to digitize its vast catalog."
I'm not even going to dignify this article by reading it. From the blurb, I can't imagine it being anything other than a tech writer pulling something out of his arse to meet a deadline. 'Better technology to cope with the problems better technology creates'? I've written vague informationless things like that in high school english essays for which I hadn't read the related text.
So, we have the internet, and now there's a lot of information that's instantly accessible. Everyone knows this. There's no need to put some half-arsed cautionary spin on it.