Mind & Psychology January 27, 2025 1 min read

Information Overload: Drinking from a Firehose

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Alvin Toffler Contributor

Future Shock

Toffler predicted “Future Shock”: the psychological state of individuals and societies defined by “too much change in too short a period of time.”

Filter Failure

The problem is not lack of information; it is filter failure. Attention is the scarce resource. You must aggressively curate your inputs, or you will drown in noise.

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