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A: Absolutely. The break up of the hardware
patterns of industrialism, industrial nations, and
nationhood goes with this global village, or global
theatre now with video conferencing, satellites,
and satellite imagery. We’re not in a global village
anymore, we’re miles beyond that. This is the
theatre we’re in, and everybody’s on stage all the
time. It’s a theatre without any plot so it’s quite
absurd. And only the unexpected happens, there’s
nothing expected. So the news becomes quite
important as giving you in retrospect, today’s
script, if you will. The purpose of news isn’t really
to give people information, it’s to tell them how
they are. It’s for identity. And for a little bit of