Things are not falling apart any more than they have in the past. What we are witnessing is a shift in power structure brought about by new communications tech

Things are not falling apart any more than they have in the past. What we are witnessing is a shift in power structure brought about by new communications technology. Humanity has been through this many times before. The invention of writing in the first place empowered the scribes. The printing press disempowered the scribes and empowered publishers . Radio disempowered publishers and empowered broadcasters. The internet has disempowered broadcasters and empowered the unwashed masses. Every time this has happened there has been accompanying social upheaval. We will probably figure this out. But until we do (and it could take a while) things will be a little chaotic.