information overload

noun

Psychology.

an excess of incoming information, as might confront a pedestrian on a crowded city street, that forces one to be selective in the information received and retained.

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With its focus on the problem of information overload, Dan Davies' book “The Unaccountability Machine” provides an unexpected example of the latter, with a distinctive twist: Davies is a former banking regulator with a clear sense of what needs to be done to restore a sense of order on more equitable foundations.

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Alas, to avoid information overload, I set Eno to one side for this conversation with Davies, which has been edited for clarity and length.

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Your book is about information overload, and specifically the problems of unaccountability that come out of that.

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Cognitive bias have always existed, but her spin on it explores how it has changed in our era as a result of information overload.

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The cable news landscape has long been a locus of information overload, which only accelerated during Trump’s first presidency.

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