Is today’s onslaught of information a bane or a boon?

It's hard to rise above that demoralizing sense of inadequacy that comes from being unable to keep up with everything.

Excellent article, I certainly have learned to not worry about what I cannot get to in any given day, I scan and read lots of feeds in Google Reader but then I leave a lot unread. The same goes with my email I get from tons of listservs.

Information overload is a bane, but in many ways your own fault. You have to decide what you do & don't process. Hence I'm beginning to hate the news media & public television!!!

Having said that, you're human, and will never realise how much important information you miss out on during your day (because you simply physically can't). The saying "ignorance is bliss" means a lot to me today...