Information overload persists because it serves commercial interests, though unplanned

Evidence

Because overload works in favor of the commercial interests that in practical terms control such societies. This is a teleological argument, based on the good fit between interest, on one hand, and outcome on the other. It is not a conspiracy theory, because the concurrent rise of both info overload and the electronic information society happened in organic fashion, as a matter of expediency, without anyone planning or even being aware of it. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 451

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 451
• XREF: connects to: Constant information overload structurally undermines the capacity for independent thought — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 453; Market production for unknown buyers erodes personal knowledge between parties — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 750; The dot.com crash was caused by nervous-system strain from information overload — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 452

Broader Connections

• Market production for unknown buyers erodes personal knowledge between parties #expands (0.82) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 750