Such a situation seems to leave us doubly disadvantaged. Firstly, we just cannot cope with the increasing flood of information. Second, we feel anxious, indeed guilty, that we are not keeping up. But there is no reason to despair. Only if a topic or situation is relevant , is there a need to know.
Relevance requires prioritizing.
Focusing requires both attending to certain phenomena and ignoring others. Such choices become necessary if we are to distinguish the forest from the trees, and avoid getting caught in a log-jam. For one thing, we may not, in fact likely do not have enough information to decide everything at once, or on short notice. Some situations just simply develop slowly, so the information they reveal only accumulates gradually. Unless and until a pattern emerges, there is no hurrying the process.