Interesting post. Makes absolute sense. I wondered if you have had similar thoughts in the context of social networks, such as Twitter, where information is streamed in real-time i.e. there is no retrieval per se but contextually based and rendered in a non-linear way such as a “workspace”? Typically, these linear streams are those that I choose to receive but, because timelines are rendered in a linear way, become increasingly difficult and tedious to manage. So, in the event of an increased rate of flow of information, organic or otherwise, there is a directly proportional difficulty and frustration in managing it.