"We are drowning in a media-fed fantasy. We are the first generation in human history to have our lives shaped - not by nature - but by the beguiling images of the electronic media. We spend more hours watching nature shows than experiencing the real thing; more time laughing at TV jokes than joking around ourselves; more evenings experiencing virtual sex than actually having sex ourselves. As we forego the role of participant in the real world, we become spectators in the flickering world of make believe." -design anarchy