Behind these media lurks a world which is continually copied through the successive stages of the technological era, but is never brought to light. There exists a terrible suspicion that these media not only contain but have long since analyzed technological consciousness, while the innocent observer is still trying to come to terms with it. Contemporary media are always on. So, by definition, the program has been running for a long time before we come in. We are visitors in a world that will keep transmitting with or without us.
Loyal media keep resetting, explaining their function and usage every half hour.
If we'd understood what they were about, their complexity might have been acceptable. If we begin at their moment of conception, with much study, we might still grasp their deeper knowledge. But we are so far in arrears and have so little time, there can be no question of catching up. The walls that have been erected can only hide the secrets of some evil genius. But the subject behind this medium demonstrates no tyrannical urge to control the democratic media.