Information Overload: Do we need the constant updates and info?

Information Overload: Do we need the constant updates and info?
Information Overload: Do we need the constant updates and info?

Information Overload: Do we need the constant updates and info?

WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter.
With supercomputers in our pockets, blazing fast internet speeds, social media and 24-hour news channels, we have an infinite amount of information available to us. But are we reaching the point of information overload? Is there such thing as too much data, too many facts? Al Gini, professor of business ethics, and Tricia Bobeda, WBEZ digital producer, debate when constant data streams become too much. Photo: Flickr/hansdorsch