Nearly everyone, if not delighted, was at least familiar with Corporal Agarn, Samantha Stephens, Norman Mailer, Helen Gurley Brown, Perry Como, Chubby Checker and Walter Cronkite.
Today, no one knows who's who, or what’s happening.
You can no longer catch the pulse.
But we yearn to.
That's why Taylor Swift and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are blockbusters, while Vine and Snapchat aren't.
We long to consume and communicate as a nation.
Life in tribes can grow stultifying.
