With the amount of information at our fingertips that smartphones, and computers connected to the Internet is easy to get lost the shear available. It has become a question of being able to ask the right questions, not if the information we are looking for is there.
The ability to filter out the information out there to find which is relevant, is becoming one of the most important abilities to have to be able to actually function in the modern world. It has become easy to get lost among the sea of information available for any given subject, even not to know what sources to trust.
Feeling overwhelmed with the amount of information bombarding us almost continuously, makes it easy to become numb to it. This can be a problem in the long sun, since it can make it easy for some not be able to access the relevant information for their needs. Without that information, it becomes harder to make the right decision. Which becomes worse when one takes into account that there are people who don't have the tools to know which information is either relevant or valid to be considered.
The problem now, is not if people can find the information they are looking for a particular reason. The problem has become the quality for information they can access to, and if they can actually evaluate it for themselves. Even worse when it is hard when experts are not readily available to help find the relevant information needed.
We are at are a crossroads in history, I've little doubt that we'll get thought it. What worries me is how well is humanity is going to navigate it.
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