principle everywhere dissolves the mechanical technique of 
visual separation and analysis of functions. Electronic tapes 
with exactly synchronized information replace the old lineal 
sequence of the assembly line.

     Acceleration is a formula for dissolution and breakdown in 
any organization. Since the entire mechanical technology of the 
Western world has been wedded to electricity, it has pushed 
toward higher speeds. All the mechanical aspects of our world 
seem to probe toward self-liquidation. The United States had 
built up a large degree of central political controls through the 
interplay of the railway, the post office, and the newspaper. In 
1848 the Postmaster General wrote, in his report, that 
newspapers have “always been esteemed of so much 
importance to the public, as the best means of disseminating 
intelligence among the people, that the lowest rate has always