Information Overloading Political theorist Neil Postman spoke to the German Informatics Society in 1990,claiming that we are informing ourselves to death.He argued that the development of computer technology is not as positive as it has been heralded to be.With our focus on technology, we are forfeiting our humanity.We are drowning in information that contains empty promises of improving our lives.(Postman 1990). 1111 Information Overloading ◼ Political theorist Neil Postman spoke to the German Informatics Society in 1990, claiming that we are informing ourselves to death. He argued that the development of computer technology is not as positive as it has been heralded to be. With our focus on technology, we are forfeiting our humanity. We are drowning in information that contains empty promises of improving our lives. (Postman 1990)