“Distringit librorum multitudo – The abundance of books is a distraction”. This is how Seneca the Elder, famed Roman rhetorician and father of the infamous stoic philosopher of the same name, expressed the inconvenience of what we nowadays call ‘Information Overload.’ Information overload is recognised as the No. 1 problem in organisations. (Williams, 2012) Studies show that in 2010 information overload cost the US economy approximatelyUS$ 1trillion (Spira, 2011) From the minute we leave the safety of our mother’s womb we become overexposed to all [...]
“Distringit librorum multitudo – The abundance of books is a distraction”. This is how Seneca the Elder, famed Roman rhetorician and father of the infamous stoic philosopher of the same name, expressed the inconvenience of what we nowadays call ‘Information Overload.’ Information overload is recognised as the No. 1 problem in organisations. (Williams, 2012) Studies show that in 2010 information overload cost the US economy approximatelyUS$ 1trillion (Spira, 2011) From the minute we leave the safety of our mother’s womb we become overexposed to all [...]
