Catalyst: Information overload Is suggesting information overload turning digital natives into scattered thinkers?

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On October 29th, 1969, the world's first internet message was sent between two computers in California. It consisted of the letter 'L', followed by 'O'. Then the system crashed. Just over 40 years later, there are more than two billion people connected to the internet. The scale, the breadth of the activity is mindblowing. But is easy access to information transforming the way we think... for the worse?

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