Jon Udell colourfully illustrates (using Trinity from The Matrix) problems of closure and information anxiety:

“Don’t get me wrong. Too much information is a good problem to have. Beats the hell out of not being able to call Tank and download the pilot program. But it does create an interesting new dilemma. If you like to be well-informed, as I do, it’s getting harder than ever to draw the line and say: ‘Enough research, time to act.'”

From Richard Saul Wurman‘s “Information Anxiety 2”:

“”We live in an age of alsos, adapting to alternatives. because we have greater access to information, many of us have become more involved in researching, and making our own decisions, rather than relying on experts. The opportunity is that there is so much information, the catastrophe is that 99% of it isn’t meaningful or understandable. We need to rethink how we present information because the information appetites of people are much more refined. Success in our connected world requires that we isolate the specific information we need and get it to those we work with.”

We all need Tank.

» Jon Udell’s Weblog: “Tank, I need a pilot program for a B-212 helicopter”