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character of the viewpoint, however noble, will not serve at all
in the electric age. At the information level the same upset has
occurred with the substitution of the inclusive image for the
mere viewpoint. If the nineteenth century was the age of the
editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist’s couch.
As extension of man the chair is a specialist ablation of the
posterior, a sort of ablative absolute of backside, whereas the
couch extends the integral being. The psychiatrist employs the
couch, since it removes the temptation to express private
points of view and obviates the need to rationalize events.
The aspiration of our time for wholeness, empathy and
depth of awareness is a natural adjunct of electric technology.
The age of mechanical industry that preceded us found
vehement assertion of private outlook the natural mode of
expression. Every culture and every age has its favorite model