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EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
No matter what improvements -- and backslides -- have been made in the 20th Century, one trend held common; the well of information grew deeper, the Century ends in
information overloadtrickle of data became a torrent, the onrush of shared experience blossomed into cascading virulence.
The photographic snapshot begat the motion picture, begat the talking motion picture, begat the color motion picture, begat the CinemaScope widescreen motion picture, begat the three-D motion picture, begat the digital motion picture.
Television covers the planet like electronic syrup, and "news" has become divorced from the editorial process. Books can be printed on demand. Magazines have become specialist in nature, forming hobbist-ghettos. Pundits wax flatulent about the issues of the hour, and do not reflect on the issues of the century.
Information overload. No wonder electronic Armageddon looks inviting on the eve of Y2K.
This is the last of the Everyday Life in the 20th Century series.
Burl Burlingame, Star-Bulletin "Everyday Life" was a photo feature that examines the 20th Century. Send reactions to EVERYDAY LIFE, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu HI 96813, or features@starbulletin.com.
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