information overload

noun

Psychology.

1. 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.

Example Sentences

And while parents are trying to get their children to sleep, part of the problem they might be looking to solve when they turn to ChatGPT is information overload.

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There is less information overload than a place like New York City.

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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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