While there are obvious upsides to the speed and magnitude of this communication, there are also costs: information overload is thought to decrease U.S. productivity by at least $1 trillion a year.

虽然这种通信的速度和规模有明显的好处，但也有成本：信息超载被认为每年会导致美国生产力至少下降 1 万亿美元。