northshorewave:

One of my favorite historical curiosities is 20th century futurists who were convinced they were already living through the Information Apocalypse. “How can the human brain be expected to grapple with sixty-five channels’ worth of cable television?!” Asks some Marshall McLuhan wannabe in 1991. “It’s all a meaningless, maddening pit of context-free stimuli and subconscious impulses!” Buddy, pal, you had no idea what was coming did you.