Not that anyone here at All About Symbian could ever manage this (no, I don’t want this as a challenge!) but Dan Roberts has written about the potential effects that the information overload is placing on people. “Our data suggests that if you are not giving yourself a break, you are hindering your brain's ability to consolidate memories and experiences," said neuroscientist Lila Davachi. More quotes below.
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That's really nothing particularly new is it.
To take in knowledge passively deactivates your brain and it's basically like sitting down and watch to much TV. (E.g. that's why it's better to read a book to engage your brain in producing pictures and such).
But going back into the topic I believe it's true that there is very much information out on the "World Wide Web" so in essential the problem is to limit yourself rather than try to gather all the information. (Which is virtually impossible). At least that's the conclusion from a course I took last year which translates to roughly "AVS2220 - ICT, communication and creation of knowledge"
Another aspect is how the particular "Mobile Worker" sees his job and what kind of norms that follows him. Here as you suggested a better 'time management' can help to ease the burden. When you work you work, when you relax you do so. It also comes to how the different technologies such as Facebook, Twitter, email are used which is here where the norms for that particular person plays in.
Actually this is something that is a common problem for the "mobile worker" something I learnt this year from the course "KULT2201 - ICT and the change of culture".
From my point of view one should both define one's own norms in regards to the use of technology and then also restrict oneself to the amount of information one are trying to process.
I would also add to the mix of exercising your body regularly when you have to time to do so.
But that's just me 😊