But today, I see within us all (myself included) the replacement of complex inner density with a new kind of self-evolving under the pressure of information overload and the technology of the “instantly available”. A new self that needs to contain less and less of an inner repertory of dense cultural inheritance — as we all become “pancake people” — spread wide and thin as we connect with that vast network of information accessed by the mere touch of a button.
Richard Foreman, American playwright and avant-garde theater pioneer, on his 2005 play The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (via caterina.net)
