“David
Shenk sites psychological studies spanning thirty years and
lists several of the symptoms which accompany information
overload:
- Increased cardiovascular
stress, due to a rise in blood pressure,
- Weakened vision, siting a
Japanese study which predicts a nearly universal
near-sightedness in the close future,
- Confusion (see below) and
frustration,
- Impaired judgement based upon
overconfidence,
- Decreased benevolence to
others due to an environmental input glut (which may very
well account for part of the "brusqueness" which
is commonly attributed to big-city dwellers)."
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