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Today, in the electronic age of instantaneous
communication, I believe that our survival, and at
the very least our comfort and happiness, is
predicated on understanding the nature of our new
environment, because unlike previous environmental
changes, the electric media constitute a total and
near instantaneous transformation of culture,
values and attitudes. This upheaval generates great
pain and identity loss, which can be ameliorated
only through a consciousness of its dynamics. If we
understand the revolutionary transformations
caused by new media, we can anticipate and control
them; but if we continue in our self-induced
subliminal trance, we will be their slaves.