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inevitable at the electric speed that involves the entire society
in the decision-making process, shocks the old press men
because it abdicates any definite point of view. As the speed of
information increases, the tendency is for politics to move
away from representation and delegation of constituents
toward immediate involvement of the entire community in the
central acts of decision. Slower speeds of information make
delegation and representation mandatory. Associated with
such delegation are the points of view of the different sectors
of public interest that are expected to be put forward for
processing and consideration by the rest of the community.
When the electric speed is introduced into such a delegated and
representational organization, this obsolescent organization
can only be made to function by a series of subterfuges and
makeshifts. These strike some observers as base betrayals of
the original aims and purposes of the established forms.