Reader Responses to the Information Explosion Question!

Many an excellent view point was expressed on how people deal with the information explosion. Here are some of those responses, paraphrased,

• People advocate situation appropriate technology use. Anything else leads to disaster.


• People lament the lack of standards and state that the demand for smarter devices will eventually pickup leading to the development of newer technologies and standards.


• There is an answer that warns of excessive dependency on devices and expresses apprehension that eventually devices may take over our lives, if not already.


• Suggestion for categorized knowledgebase is advocated to overcome the raw explosion of Information.


• Privacy concerns as devices get smarter and start to figure out how to help humans. Protection from information gathered going into wrong hands is expressed.

The sheer variety of the thoughts expressed was representative of the enthusiasm from the readers and goes to show, how one can cultivate creative and diverse opinions, by asking the right questions. This topic may well suit those doing requirements gathering, as it emphasizes proper questioning to elicit and gather the right requirements.