So I'm in Heritage right now so it's kind of polluting my brain with unnecessary information but I definitely made a connection with all the mess when I read Shenk's "Data Smog" article.
Every day I talk to my dad, he mentions how the working class doesn't have time to stand up for themselves and revolt against the current government for using our taxes on things other than what benefits the taxpayer. I think this idea and Shenk's complaints have a lot in common.
Some people's jobs (a.k.a. the rich people) include things like taking clients to play golf and "negotiating" over drinks. Everyone else who most likely has one job or another only to pay the bills is struggling just to keep up with the stack at work that never seems to end.
Not only is this data smog, that never ends and is, for the most part, useless information, keeping us from having silent time to ourselves but it is also the one thing (arguable) that is keeping the working class from standing up for ourselves and overthrowing (is changing a more gentle word) the government. I think when we find a way to process or at the very least, control the non-stop flow of information, we will also be able to focus on the other things in life that are hindering happiness and satisfaction from everyone's life. We will never have the time to sit down and analyze or observe what exactly is going on around us until we know how to reduce the flow of incoming information.

(Basically I agree with Shenk but for different consequential reasons.)

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