A metaphor for the sales pitch in social media (a.k.a. I’ll find any excuse to flatter Doug, the orange hand puppet)

We live in a world in world long on media and short on logic-- We are awash with information, but bereft of meaning. This is a defining aspect of the new global knowledge economy and the digital platforms on which it rests. We fritter away authentic time enamored by the contrived and virtual. Ever attached to some information-generating device—a cell phone, an iPhone, a BlackBerry, an iPad, we are all well rounded, but only within a very small radius. We are too busy tweeting. googling, instant messaging or e-mailing to read the writing on history's wall. The Tsunanmi rolls toward the shore, but we are too wired to hear the deafening roar.