Filter Failure

Great presentation from Clay Shirky from the recent Web 2.0 Expo. In this talk, Shirky argues that our problem today is not information overload, but instead a failure of our filters. A couple of really great illustrations of the problem using Facebook as an example. If you find yourself overwhelmed by email, news, blogs and rss feeds, give Clay a listen.

I'm currently reading Shirky's "Here Comes Everybody" - really interesting ideas, also worth picking up.

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