Panic is the key psychological mood of postmodern culture.
After all, in the age of the talking heads of television as the real world what counts is the sheer giganticism of media silhouettes. Panic patriotism too. Panic culture, then, as a floating reality, with the actual as a dream world, where we live on the edge of ecstasy and dread. Welcome to the Panic Encyclopedia where everybody can get in on the feast. If you have a panic flash, send your account along to the Panic Encyclopedia , as we are pulled by cultural gravitation into the dark and dense vortex of the Year 2000.