Quote by Gunther Grass
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. – Gunther Grass

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Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. – Gunther Grass

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If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle — absolute busyness — then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy — and without consciousness. – Gunther Grass

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The more the data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist. – Marshall McLuhan

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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep. – Ursula K. LeGuin

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What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. – Herbert Simon

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Theres a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high stakes will be missed by people if they dont master and connect information. – Everette Dennis

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