Alex Wright, information architect at the New York Times, presents in Glut a history of information over thousands of years - indeed, from the beginnings of life on earth. Wright’s insights and analysis provide a lucid perspective on the current state and prospects of information management and distribution. As he states in the introduction, Wright intends to “resist the tug of mystical techno-futurism and approach the story of the information age by looking squarely backward.” In so doing, our current challenges and anxiety may be dissolved in the great stew of experience…