We talk about the internet, disinformation, all kinds of new factors.<p>But much of the forces driving us towards our current anomie feel like they've been around for a while. Talk Radio has been breeding grounds for extreme discontent & chainsawing for years.<p>Anyhow, there's such interesting & old material here. How organization loses authentic meaning, disconnects. Leads very directly to Baudrillard, the hyperreal overtaking & disintegrating in meaning.