Well, there is plenty of room for exploration even with "information overload", which is more limited than it seems. It just advances to the next level. Real li

Well, there is plenty of room for exploration even with "information overload", which is more limited than it seems. It just advances to the next level. Real life examples: - Half the record and book stores in your web search results do not exist any more, but go on with your carefully plotted shopping expedition: you are going to see many interesting other places. - The most recommended restaurants? According to Tripadvisor, inconveniently located and sold out unless you are able to make a reservation unreasonably early. Drifting through restaurant-rich neighbourhoods looking for a good one with empty seats is more instructive, more fun and more efficient. - Selecting a good hotel location using good databases means gaining an enormous amount of time. For example a peripheral, affordable hotel in Amsterdam with superb bus service to the train station at all hours (validated on incredibly irritating interactive maps and timetables) or a decent hotel in the centre of Madrid close to many monuments of interest, close to two underground stations covering most important lines and (as seen on Google Street View) in a nice neighbourhood. - The hotel you found, booked and paid is actually out of business and it was listed by mistake. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to find another one in a completely unfamiliar country village at ten o'clock in the night. (I succeeded with help from natives.)