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northshorewave:

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One of my favorite historical curiosities is 20th century futurists who were convinced they were already living through the Information Apocalypse. \u201cHow can the human brain be expected to grapple with sixty-five channels\u2019 worth of cable television?!\u201d Asks some Marshall McLuhan wannabe in 1991. \u201cIt\u2019s all a meaningless, maddening pit of context-free stimuli and subconscious impulses!\u201d Buddy, pal, you had no idea what was coming did you.

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