The Rapid Decline of America in the Seventies

This was not obvious to me, because there were so many other things going on at roughly the same time. 

But looking back on it, it was clear that Americans had no idea what was happening to them. And didn't want to know. 

Something big was going on, but they did not want to know what it was. 

This was puzzling because we had just gone through the Sixties. when plenty was going on, and everyone knew it.

Now something much bigger was happening, so big we could not comprehend it. Instead, everyone was saying, as loudly as they could "Nothing really important is going on!"

What was it? 

It was networked technologies, beginning with Television.  That quickly overwhelmed us. 

There had been Radio, that was also networked, but did not have the visual impact that the Movies had. People went to the Movies at least once a week. They were an international addiction. 

And now the Movies were available in their homes, for free! They were in a new reality, much better than the old one  The magic screen was everywhere!  

TV crews went to screen everything Americans wanted to see - including Vietnam. 

In the Eighties, something new came along, the Computer, with its Cellular and Internet networks. 

What will its effects be?