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Information Overload in 1755. Plus Ca Change, Plus C’est La Meme Chose

From Wikipedia. The figure in the centre represents truth—surrounded by bright light (the central symbol of the Enlightenment). Two other figures on the right, reason and philosophy, are tearing the veil from truth. Information overload is not a new thing. Here’s a piece from Stowe Boyd’s thought provoking blog Denis Diderot, “Encyclopédie” (1755) As long as

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