Read all that for a little while and you’re sure to get the impression that we’re all drowning in more information than we know what to do with (though, honestly, you’ll probably be interrupted by an ...

Our senses send more information to our brains than we can process. Every second, our brains receive around 11 million bits of information. But scientists estimate that our conscious minds can only ...

A new study published in August 2023 looked at “information overload” in parents (translation: when a parent feels overwhelmed and stressed by the amount of information available, resulting in feeling ...

Unsurprisingly, given the severe nature of the threat of COVID-19 and the economic downturn we are facing, experts are now predicting that the next “epidemic” will be an epidemic of mental illness and ...

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Paul Hemp, HBR contributing editor and author of the HBR article “Death by Information Overload.” Featured Guest: Paul Hemp, HBR contributing editor and author of the article Death by Information ...

“My son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh” — Ecclesiastes 12:12 Information overload is nothing new. It has been around for millennia.

Information overload is nothing new, but it is getting far worse. Here are 7 time-proven strategies to keeping your head above the information tide. A prominent researcher writes “information overload ...

Feeling overwhelmed by too much information? What else is new? The amount of digital data available on the Web every day reaches records of mind-boggling proportions—now more than a zettabyte (10 21 ...