In a 2012 TED Talk, technologist JP Rangaswami challenged listeners to treat information as food. Considering such, we should ponder whether in today’s world—where the volume of information and data continues to increase exponentially—we are becoming stuffed.
Too much food is bad for you; does it follow too much information is bad for you? Perhaps we need to think about efficiencies and effectiveness, as well as the costs of consuming, processing, and storing huge volumes of data. Are there risks when applying a data diet? Will a compliance professional be held accountable because the information that could have prevented a regulatory breach was available, but he/she failed to consume it and react?
