The Infodemic
Planning to go on a vacation, looking to change the home decor, upgrading the car, buying a hot-selling home appliance or even moving house? How do we do this? In the past, all we did was check with our trusted friends, read about market trends in the newspapers, discuss among family and a decision would be made. Life was simple and uncomplicated. All this was before technology invaded our lives. Now, thanks to the Internet, we face an overload — an information overload. There is information, lots and lots of it, an infodemic, about every single thing one can think of. Be it for the usual suspects like home reorganisation, food recipes, shopping for self or or be it for the more specialised areas like healthcare, architecture and more, one can find information in excess on the Internet. What happens when there is so much information so easily available? Well, I can only cite my own experience with it. Twenty years ago, when I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, there was...