War was the ideal condition for the brutal introduction of revolutionary recording techniques. But we do not have to follow this military storage strategy in order to maintain the status quo. The user as a disturbance variable occasionally interferes with the sublime operations of the autonomous matrix. Only technocrats dream of perfectly integrated media systems, of ISDN as the generator of absolute transparence. Deficient conversion techniques guarantee that the mystery of technology will remain, even for the most brilliant of cybernauts.
Malfunction is their only food for thought.