Information overload in 1848

Information overload in 1848:

"In 1848 the New York businessman W.E. Dodge was already feeling the effects of always-on connectivity:“The merchant goes home after a day of hard work and excitement to a late dinner, trying amid the family circle to forget business, when he is interrupted by a telegram from London.” "

John Udel's review of the Victorian Internet.

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