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- noun Receipt of too much
information orstimulation at once, leading to aninability toprocess the same.
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jodi commented on the word sensory overload
Nice blogpost about the history/etymology of usage of sensory overload from David Weinberger (in case the twitter feed times out): http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/12/28/2b2k-notes-on-the-history-of-information-overload/
December 29, 2009