Information Overload Costs $900 Billion 1/14/09
Report: Info overload costs $900 billion, blame Mr. Rogers
Between checking your Twitter feed, responding to an IM from an old college friend, and reading frivolous articles at tech news sites, you’re already less productive than you could have been today. But how much does such behavior actually cost your company, or the economy as a whole? One consulting firm thinks it has the unsettling answer: about $900 billion annually.
January 14th 2009 Information Science, Media Theory