#overload

It was as if the sensory overload that is American life had somehow led to sensory deprivation, a gilded weariness, where everything is permitted and nothing appreciated. ↗

— J. Maarten Troost

#escapism #overload #life

One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#cope #effects #electric #habitually #information

...a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention... ↗

— Herbert A. Simon

#information-overload #inspirational #science #inspirational

Love is alright for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss!! ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#psychic-overload #love

We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#new-media #social-media #media