Observations About the World, Part Forty-Six
Photograph of the Atlas globe The State of Radio | Tuesday – September 29, 2026 R adio is a topic that I have covered in the past, read more here , and I have been forced again to consider the rather sad state of radio, because today all the young people are obsessed with technology that is instant and relies on the destruction of history, the destruction of any reference point. To me, radio is the most important technology there is, because it enables man to communicate across a certain distance without the need for a third party, a middle man, and yes, you might say that when we tune the radio that we instead rely on the medium of propagation, and while this is true, let us consider the fact that the medium of propagation does not attempt to manipulate us, it does not attempt to sell us ads, and it does not require any kind of malign algorithm, for the medium of propagation depends entirely on circumstances still beyond the range of man's abilities. This is why radio should reall...
