What is it with data? I feel like I have to understand and store every piece of it that comes my way. Most of it I will never even reference again. Or if I do I will be able to find it in another way or just get along without it. People have managed to live for a long time without huge data caches. However, it wasn't being spewed at them at the same rate. It uses to take a lot more manual labor to generate a letter or document. Now you can write thousands with the touch of a button. Also, a few more lines of text or legalize doesn't cost anything to produce.
Posted by Jeff at December 4, 2003 11:51 AM