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What happens when information grows faster than our ability to make sense of it.
Technology & Society · 2 minMachine Intelligence and the Human Constraint on Civilizational ScaleFor most of history the constraint was too little information. As that reverses, the limit moves to comprehension: progress may depend less on generating answers than on making them understandable.Information & Understanding
Technology & Society · 2 minHistory in the Age of Too Much DataFor centuries the historical record was too thin. Now the world manufactures more of it every hour than scholars could read in a lifetime. One inconvenience traded for another.Information & Understanding