When Information is Useless

Information yields all types of trend data, be it the rise of IPhone use, or the popularity of twitter. What we never get is how these trends add: where things are going. When everything hits you from the left and right with no discernable pattern and no unifying theme, our lives seem hectic, change seems unmanageable, and few people have a clue as to how to prudently proceed in their lives.

"In with the New" Ad Nauseum

* The Smithsonian Museum adds more than 1,000,000 items to its collection each year, most of which are not seen by the public.

* The fully printed documentation for every feature and system on a Boeing 757 outweighs the plane.

* The typical U.S. executive annually receives more than 54,000 e-mails, most of them spam.

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Smart Homes Coming?

In ten or twelve years, perhaps, “smart” homes with computers built into the walls will become affordable. Such computers will respond to voice commands, offer a random-access data base, provide instant simulation via artificial reality, and free us to effectively use information, not be abused by it.

For now, we're stuck in the mire of the over-information era, subject to the daily overglut. The best hope to hold off the din is to recognize all its disguises. If we cannot apply, reflect upon, or effectively store information, more than ever, we need to guard against being deluded with
excess data.