For those inclined, there's a nice article by Marilyn Strathern, The Tyranny of Transparency [0] that echoes the sentiments in this article. It builds upon Hari Tsoukas' The Tyranny of light: The temptations and the paradoxes of the information society [1], which I heartily recommend if interested in reflections on this topic.
To entice, here's a small excerpt from the abstract of [1]:
> The overabundance of information in late modernity makes the information society full of temptations. It tempts us into thinking that knowledge-as-information is objective and exists independently of human beings; that everything can be reduced into information; and that generating ever more amounts of information will increase the transparency of society and, thus, lead to the rational management of social problems. However, as argued in this paper, the information society is riddled with paradoxes that prevent it from satisfying the temptations it creates. More information may lead to less understanding; more information may undermine trust; and more information may make society less rationally governable.
To entice, here's a small excerpt from the abstract of [1]:
> The overabundance of information in late modernity makes the information society full of temptations. It tempts us into thinking that knowledge-as-information is objective and exists independently of human beings; that everything can be reduced into information; and that generating ever more amounts of information will increase the transparency of society and, thus, lead to the rational management of social problems. However, as argued in this paper, the information society is riddled with paradoxes that prevent it from satisfying the temptations it creates. More information may lead to less understanding; more information may undermine trust; and more information may make society less rationally governable.
[0] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/713651562 (alternative: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1080/713651562)
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00163... (alternative: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-3287(97)000...)