For most of human history the central problem of life was scarcity.
Not enough food.
Not enough information.
Not enough opportunity.
Technology solved many of these problems.
Today we live in a world of abundance.
Unlimited content.
Endless information.
Millions of products.
Infinite choices.
But abundance has created a new problem.
Too much.
In The Age of Too Much, Emerson Vale explores how modern systems crossed a hidden threshold where more supply no longer improves our lives. Instead it overwhelms them.
Streaming platforms offer thousands of shows yet we struggle to choose what to watch.
Social media feeds never end yet attention grows shorter.
Information has never been more available yet trust is harder to find.
The problem is not scarcity anymore.
It is overload.
Drawing on insights from technology, economics, psychology, and culture, this book reveals how abundance quietly reshapes modern life. It explains why attention has become the most valuable resource, why originality is harder to sustain, and why trust is increasingly fragile in an environment flooded with information.
This is not a story about technology gone wrong.
It is the story of what happens when progress works too well.
The Age of Too Much offers a powerful framework for understanding the defining condition of our time and the new forms of scarcity emerging in a world where almost everything is available.
