Old problem. The book "Too Much to Know" by Ann Blair is about how intellectuals dealt with information overload in early modern Europe: https://yalebooks.yale.

Old problem. The book "Too Much to Know" by Ann Blair is about how intellectuals dealt with information overload in early modern Europe: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300165395/too-much-know https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300165395/too-much-know