Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Excessive information overload causes people to lose their ability to judge or understand basic realities. It critiques the modern information age.
- In plain terms
- Too much information makes people lose common sense.
- What can you take from it?
- Information overload dulls judgment.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much information is too much?
- Where does common sense come from?
Another view
Sometimes more information is needed to make informed decisions.
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