History getting too fast for the endless pursuit of little thoughts.

Peggy Orenstein writes in today's New York Times Magazine that the Internet is hopelessly integral to her life. However, she continues, in the search mode, you're diving into a big sea and finding yourself in the endless pursuit of little thoughts. The result is that you miss forming the big thoughts.

This is why in my discussions of inventing with Google that I emphasize thinking through your invention goals before diving into Google, and reexamine your search results in terms of those goals as you go along. History is acted out on a global basis and seeking major solutions in ever shorter time frames. Thus our search strategies must be ever more efficient.