没有人怀疑人类已入了信息时代。几乎在一夜之间,“信息高速公路”的新概念传遍了全世界,并且迅速在各国纷扮建立。最终建成的高速、多向的全球信息库将使人类永无隔绝、孤立之虞。在这种史无前例的成就中,一种新的危险悄悄地萌发了:信息过剩。由于多渠道、全方位的信息源源而来,人们淹没于信息的海洋,难以分辨出哪些是有用的,哪些是无用的。结果,面对过多的信息,就像没有任何信息一样,无法作判断和决策。信息过剩将成为未来社会最严重的危机。更早的时侯就有人预见到信息时代的另一面。电报、电话、电传的发明,使得世界变小了,相距遥远的城市可以随时联络。对于一个地 No one doubts that mankind has entered the information age. Almost overnight, the new concept of “Information Highway” spread all over the world and quickly became established in various countries. The resulting high-speed, multi-directional global repository will keep human beings isolated and isolated. In this unprecedented achievement, a new danger quietly sprouted: excess information. As a result of multi-channel, all-round source of information, people drowned in the ocean of information, it is difficult to tell what is useful and what is useless. As a result, in the face of too much information, just as without any information, you can not make judgments and decisions. Excess information will be the worst social crisis in the future. Someone earlier predicted the other side of the information age. The invention of telegraph, telephone and telex makes the world smaller and the cities in distant places can contact at any time. For one place