Quote from Newsweek (Score 2)

This is a quote from Newsweek on the arrival of the PS2: "It's historic, a mass-market appliance that fundamentally changes society in the way the printing press did," says Trip Hawkins, founder of Electronic Arts and CEO of 3DO. "This is a new canvas for humanity that takes us back to our nature." I think this is the kind of hype Katz is talking about. This kind of stuff is outrageous. The point is media (new or old) is just a tool to communicate ideas. Just because a tool is new doesn't mean it's better.