Information Overload

Alan Jacobs tells us that "the 'information flood' has a longer history than we suppose." He provides a nice quote from Francis Bacon:

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."