A Truman show in the making
The generation of internet, wi-fi, tablet pcs and handhelds. Information at your finger tips as they say. You can check your email from 20 different devices while you are on your way from work to home. Stay update to date with whats happening around you, the latest in showbiz, the latest in politics... blah blah blah.
So we all seem to believe this notion of "Information Overload". How do I keep up with all thats going around in this wild wild world.Ya as if I really care who is the next child to be adopted by Pitt and Jolie, where was the last time Paris Hilton was seen with someone, studies showing cheese can help you loose weight etc...
Suffering from information overload...gimme a break. We suffer from "crap" overload. So much of crap constantly being dumped on you. Ya you have 20 different ways to check your email while you are on your way home, but you know and I know...the emails you will get in that span are "SPAM". Some arab wants to share his wealth and someone wants to help you improve your sex life... that pretty much sums up all that I care about, right, ....free money and great sex. I feel bad for the spammers..there is nothing else for them sell. I still wonder don't they know...if they are working so hard to sell you something ( sending billions of email each day)...probably their product isn't good enough. Come on guys..try something a little more challenging than the same old spam...just more of it.
News is no different. It's been a long time I spent more than 2 minutes on a news website. A quick scan of any news site page tells you the amount of crap thats being reported. 1) And the graphics used to demonstrate data. The assumption that user cannot understand plain statistical data leads them to put fancy graphics around "information" to turn it into "glittering crap" does so much help in conveying the right facts. 2) Getting the intricate details of what people are doing in their personal lives is not news, its a truman show in the making. The price you pay for being a celebrity, the price I pay for having a news channel which think you are a celebrity. So they went on a vacation to this farmhouse, the locals greeted them in traditional dress... they went to see this and that...hello is this what I pay $60 a month for...to find out they are on a vacation where I cannot be. Hell NO!!!
Remember, a search engine gives you links and you have to pick "information" out of it. Its not the age of information overload. Its an age where the smart ones have the best chance to separate themselves from the naive and easily fooled. Look beyond the obvious and dig a little more deeper.
So we all seem to believe this notion of "Information Overload". How do I keep up with all thats going around in this wild wild world.Ya as if I really care who is the next child to be adopted by Pitt and Jolie, where was the last time Paris Hilton was seen with someone, studies showing cheese can help you loose weight etc...
Suffering from information overload...gimme a break. We suffer from "crap" overload. So much of crap constantly being dumped on you. Ya you have 20 different ways to check your email while you are on your way home, but you know and I know...the emails you will get in that span are "SPAM". Some arab wants to share his wealth and someone wants to help you improve your sex life... that pretty much sums up all that I care about, right, ....free money and great sex. I feel bad for the spammers..there is nothing else for them sell. I still wonder don't they know...if they are working so hard to sell you something ( sending billions of email each day)...probably their product isn't good enough. Come on guys..try something a little more challenging than the same old spam...just more of it.
News is no different. It's been a long time I spent more than 2 minutes on a news website. A quick scan of any news site page tells you the amount of crap thats being reported. 1) And the graphics used to demonstrate data. The assumption that user cannot understand plain statistical data leads them to put fancy graphics around "information" to turn it into "glittering crap" does so much help in conveying the right facts. 2) Getting the intricate details of what people are doing in their personal lives is not news, its a truman show in the making. The price you pay for being a celebrity, the price I pay for having a news channel which think you are a celebrity. So they went on a vacation to this farmhouse, the locals greeted them in traditional dress... they went to see this and that...hello is this what I pay $60 a month for...to find out they are on a vacation where I cannot be. Hell NO!!!
Remember, a search engine gives you links and you have to pick "information" out of it. Its not the age of information overload. Its an age where the smart ones have the best chance to separate themselves from the naive and easily fooled. Look beyond the obvious and dig a little more deeper.
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posted by Enjoy Life!! at 1:10 PM
3 Comments:
I think Information Overload is to some extent better than Communication Gap...what say ya?
10:44 AM
Hmm... I liked this post.
It is the same reason why I have "I have information, but what do I do with it?" written in my GoogleTalk.
7:40 PM
Hmm... I liked this post.
It is the same reason why I have "I have information, but what do I do with it?" written in my GoogleTalk.
7:40 PM
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