I don't think the amount of information that is USEFUL has increased to a point where many people are incapable of human scholarship.
That's an interesting thought. The genesis of my nym is that people are blinded by whichever discipline they're subscribed to and they don't appreciate the insights from beyond it.
There's undoubtedly some version of the 80-20 principle (maybe the second order 64-4), where you can have a very broad general knowledge if you can identify the most valuable insights and not worry about the 96% of less valuable details and esoterica.
this territory is moderated