Recent years have seen increasing volumes of knowledge being made available in the public domain. Such a flood of information has had a huge impact on people's lives, both positively and negatively, but, on balance, I think the trend is harmful.
There is no doubt that having access to large amounts of information is beneficial. Take students studying outside library hours, for example. Having access to the internet makes life easier for them, as they can research journals and articles 24 hours a day. The availability of such knowledge nowadays also results in a reduction in travelling to libraries and saves students and researchers lots of time. So the benefits are enormous.
Being overwhelmed by information, however, is a major negative consequence. It is difficult for everyone, including shoppers, students and researchers, for example, to find the right information, as there is now too much available. For example, a shopper looking for a fridge or clothes may be hindered by the amount of choice available. Likewise, not being able to examine the information closely is also a problem. Students, for example, may not have time to read details they come across on the internet, or indeed in paper journals, carefully enough to examine whether they are correct.
There are some positive aspects of having access to large amounts of information, but it is largely a dangerous trend. Apart from the negative impact mentioned above, it is easy for people to waste time searching through large volumes of information. In addition, the information load is increasing daily both in paper form and electronically, so the problem is due to worsen.
In conclusion, despite the obvious positive effects of the availability of large amounts of information nowadays, the impact of increasing volumes of knowledge is harmful to everyone. 
Recent years have  
seen
 increasing volumes of knowledge  
being made
 available in the public domain. Such a flood of  
information
 has had a huge impact on  
people
's  
lives
, both  
positively
 and  
negatively
,  
but
, on balance, I  
think
 the trend is harmful.
There is no doubt that having access to  
large
  amounts
 of  
information
 is beneficial. Take  
students
 studying outside library hours, for  
example
. Having access to the internet  
makes
 life easier for them, as they can research journals and articles 24 hours a day. The availability of such knowledge nowadays  
also
 results in a reduction in travelling to libraries and saves  
students
 and researchers lots of time.  
So
 the benefits are enormous. 
Being overwhelmed
 by  
information
,  
however
, is a major  
negative
 consequence. It is difficult for everyone, including shoppers,  
students
 and researchers, for  
example
, to find the right  
information
, as there is  
now
 too much available. For  
example
, a shopper looking for a fridge or clothes may  
be hindered
 by the  
amount
 of choice available.  
Likewise
, not being able to examine the  
information
  closely
 is  
also
 a problem.  
Students
, for  
example
, may not have time to read  
details
 they  
come
 across on the internet, or  
indeed
 in paper journals,  
carefully
  enough
 to examine whether they are correct.
There are  
some
  positive
 aspects of having access to  
large
  amounts
 of  
information
,  
but
 it is  
largely
 a  
dangerous
 trend. Apart from the  
negative
 impact mentioned above, it is easy for  
people
 to waste time searching through  
large
 volumes of  
information
.  
In addition
, the  
information
 load is increasing daily both in paper form and  
electronically
,  
so
 the problem is due to worsen. 
In conclusion
, despite the obvious  
positive
 effects of the availability of  
large
  amounts
 of  
information
 nowadays, the impact of increasing volumes of knowledge is harmful to everyone.