Blink

We live in a world saturated with information. We have virtually unlimited amounts of data at our fingertips at all times, and we’re well versed in the arguments about the dangers of not knowing enough and not doing our homework. But what I have sensed is an enormous frustration with the unexpected costs of knowing too much, of being inundated with information. We have come to confuse information with understanding.

that narrowing allowed them to focus on the threat in front of them

their senses narrowed

drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with

This is how the human body reacts to extreme stress