Filter Failure

The problem of information overload has been widely discussed in the media and blogosphere. At Web 2.0 Expo in NY a couple of weeks ago, Clay Shirky, adjunct professor at NYU and renowned Internet thinker, suggested a new take on the issue.

In his view, it’s not that we have too much information – we’ve had lots of information for a long time. The real problem is that we simply don’t have good enough information filters.

It’s a good talk, but it will ‘cost’ you 20 minutes.

Surprise, We Have No Time

On the heels of two recent stories about personal productivity and information overload in the NYTimes and Huffington Post, I wrote a short post in the Slife Labs blog with a brief analysis of the problem.

You might want to check it out.