The article itself actually makes a decent example. With four headers (the title header and the three sub-headers) the article is more digestible and rewarding to read since you finished four sections instead of one article. The article and this http://xkcd.com/597/ comic make a good point. I feel myself constantly distracted by news feeds and automatic updates to the point where starting and sticking with project becomes difficult. Compare this to society before radio where people had ample amount of time to create personal works simply because they had a lack of things to do. So in a way we're culling some of our deeper culture and ability to ruminate deeply. Yet at the same modern society is creating a whole new information architecture. With all these efficiencies we've created, society has been able to create a vast amount of wealth that wasn't possible before. That wealth can be used to create that deeper culture or those more sophisticate inventions; however, when bits of information can only exist in small containers will we be able to continue the progression. After all, the recently posted Eco article demands that "Culture isn't knowing when Napoleon died. Culture means knowing how I can find out in two minutes."

We'll have all the pieces, but will we still have the conceptual framework to mold new ideas. Will capitalism be enough to stave off these ill effects? With increased filtering and data relationship tools capitalism may be enough to push over the plateau of stupidity this article is foretelling.