A study performed in 2008 by UC San Diego found that American households consumed ~3.6 Zettabytes of information in a year. Between 1980 and 2008, the annual growth rate of information consumption is 5.4 percent.
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It Is Easier to Confirm Something Is True Than to Recall past Events
When asking questions about things that happened in the past, it is significantly easier for someone to confirm whether something is true or not rather than retracing a series of past events.
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Recent Technological Advancement Is in Simulation
When comparing recent technological advancement with the previous century, most of the biggest changes are simulation versus physical. For example, railroads and airplanes compared to networking and computers.