What it means, literally, is that, transmitted at 
the speed of light, all events on this planet are 
simultaneous. In the electric environment of 
information, all events are simultaneous. There is 
no time or space separating events. Information 
and images bump against each other every day in 
massive quantities, and the resonance of this 
interfacing is like the babble of a village or tavern 
gossip session. The absence of space brings to 
mind the idea of a village. But actually, at the 
speed of light, the planet is not much bigger than 
this room we’re in. In terms of time and the speed 
of the events that are now programmed, they hit 
each other so fast that even a village is too big a