The Great Divide
October, 1988
There is an attribute lacking in the Eighties that was throbbingly present in earlier decades, even in the silent Fifties: memory. Today, amnesia is much easier to come by. As technology has become more hyperactive, we, the people, have become more laid back; as the deposits in its memory banks have become fatter, the deposits in man's memory bank have become leaner. It is the Law of Diminishing Enlightenment at work.Ironically enough, Jacob Bronowski observed, the average person today knows mor...
