研究:人类完成数字化时代的过渡

If you think that you are suffering from information overload then you may be right - a new study shows everyone is bombarded by the equivalent of 174 newspapers of data a day.

如果你认为自己正在遭受着信息过量的困扰，那么你这种想法有可能是正确的。一项最新研究发现，每人每天要面临着相当于174份报纸的信息量的"狂轰滥炸"。

The growth in the internet, 24-hour television and mobile phones means that we now receive five times as much information every day as we did in 1986.

近年来，互联网、“24小时不间断”电视、移动电话不断发展，意味着我们每天收到的信息量是1986年的五倍。

But that pales into insignificance compared with the growth in the amount of information we churn out through email, twitter, social networking sites and text messages.

比起人们通过电子邮件、维特网、社交网络和短信“粗制滥造”的信息量，这些太微不足道了。The extent of the information revolution and digital age has been calculated by Dr Martin Hilbert and his team at the University of southern California.

南加利福尼亚大学的马丁 希尔伯特教授和他的研究团队预测，人类已经步入信息革命和数字化进程。

The researchers surveyed 60 categories of analogue and digital technologies during the period from 1986 to 2007, and the results reflect our near complete transition to the digital age.

在1986-2007年期间，科学家对60种模拟技术和数字技术进行调查研究，结果显示，人类已经完成数字时代的过渡。

Using the analogy of an 85 page newspaper, they found that in 1986 we received around 40 newspapers full of information every day but this had rocketed to 174 in 2007.

他们发现，如果用85页报纸来比喻，在1986年，人们每天接收的信息量相当于40份报纸刊载的信息量，然而，到了2007年，这个数字已经飞涨到174份。