Failure of methods to appropriate data

Name(s): 
Absence of method to appropriate available data
Nature 
To function effectively in the modern world people need technologies to appropriate data. All of the past processes by which people handled data have become ineffective. The ever increasing amount and diversity of information available to any individual simply overwhelms simplistic methods of data retention. Past wisdom is seemingly irrelevant, decisions are confusing, learning is difficult, and capacity to operate is reduced.
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Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems