An Embarrassment of Riches by Vincent McCaffrey

Wed 1 Dec 2010 - Filed under: Not a Journal., | Posted by: Gavin

An Embarrassment of Riches by Vincent McCaffrey

I read recently in the Boston Globe that there is too much information. ‘Information overload’ it was called. I am sure the author was speaking from her own point of view, and as a subjective problem, I cannot judge this. But as a generalization of fact, the theory is faulty in too many ways to address in a short essay. It reminds me of the line in the movie ‘Amadeus’ where the Austrian Emperor Joseph II says there are “simply too many notes” in the great composer’s music. Read more


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