“Somebody needs to write The Vertigo Years, The World, 2000-2014. It’s a natural sequel. All the social and cultural phenomena that Blom describes — “the cult of the fast machine” (gasoline powered car), “People’s Palaces” (movie theaters) etc etc — is now being radically transformed, for better or worse, by the digital revolution. Just as the period between 1900 and 1914, shaped the rest of the 20th century, so what is happening now in media, culture and technology will caste a long shadow over the rest of the 21th century.”
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