From one piece The Myth of the Informed Citizen 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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The vision of a Great Community built on communication has been shattered, leaving us overwhelmed by informationTheir words
Although it inspires still, much as Whitman’s verse does, Dewey’s vision of a Great Community, in which the machinery and the art of communication come into perfect, living harmony, has been shattered. We live in its ruins, overwhelmed by the information that was meant to enlighten us, imprisoned by the data that describe us.
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More information did not open minds or inform people better; it can mean less understandingTheir words
We now know the answer: It was going to widen the gap between the pseudo-environments in which people think and feel and the real environment in which they live and act. It was going to reveal a fundamental paradox of modern communication systems: More information can mean less understanding.