Imperfect information need not keep us from planning and taking action. Perfect plans aren't. Human Beings Are Imperfect Constraints on knowledge use and the imperfections of information stem in part from the imperfections of human beings. The information-processing capabilities of human beings are quite limited. The capacity of computers to store information has far exceeded our ability to process and make sense out of information.
Neurological limitations constrain our information-processing capabilities.
The good news is that it's possible to become aware of our perceptual blinders and limiting habits. Through that awareness, we're able to exercise greater consciousness about our informationprocessing mechanisms and thereby improve, within limits, our information-processing and knowledgegenerating capabilities. Asking the Right Questions While we typically think of information as providing answers, the real challenge of the information age is asking the right questions . Figuring out the right questions makes it a lot easier to get useful answers. There's so much to know and so much to do that it's easy to dissipate energy in trying to know and do everything.