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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