http://www.vox.com/2014/4/6/5556462/brain-dead-how-politics-makes-us-stupid

An interesting perspective on how more information (often provided by the internet) can be a bad thing. People tend to seek out information that reinforces their firmly held beliefs that often are rooted in their initial lack of information (i.e. ignorance) and don’t care if the information is ‘right’ so long as it makes them feel like they are ‘right’ so that they will win their argument. Information is both central to our problems, but also a burden by which we all must learn to address.