Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man. Both ways save us from thinking. I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. It is an explosion of data.
Data provide neither enlightenment nor knowledge.
What we are really experiencing may be access to excess. The mere fact that there is more data available does not mean that people either want it or can use it meaningfully. However, ask if they are in favor of taxes, they will say, 'No'. This is because they no longer make a connection between the two. In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.