This term, proposed by the British psychologist David Lewis in the 1990s in his report Dying for information? ( Dying for information? ), Gives name to the fatigue or tiredness that produces handling excessive amounts of data , and that is usually accompanied by symptoms such as stomach pain, vision loss, difficulty paying attention and anxiety.
According to a survey carried out a few years ago by the Reuters news agency, the saturation of information makes many managers feel stressed, delay important decisions and see their ability to choose diminished. In other words, the continuous flood of data can overwhelm us and drain us mentally and physically.
