The term “Overload” does not seem like a good sign for most people, but in the age of information overload, it sounds like a paradox that a small number of people can actually benefit from it.

One of the examples is related to food and the physical condition of people. More than 71 per cent of Americans are having weight problems, but many people living in Manhattan’s affluent neighbourhoods are very in shape. Let’s call this phenomenon ‘the paradox of overload’.

Let’s compare food with information. There are common expressions like “Digesting an idea” and “Thirst for knowledge”. As you begin to learn to cook for yourself in order to improve your diet, when you begin to write, you are actually improving the quality of your access to information.

Just as acquiring healthy food is a daily task, finding high-quality information in an age of information overload is becoming more complex. You can still get it, but you will have to put in more time and effort in the process. With the development of the Internet, there is more and more high-quality content, but at the same time, the amount of useless and ambiguous information is staggering.