McLuhan's Message

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davidr — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:23:10 +0000

I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.

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davidr — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:07:40 +0000

Art is anything you can get away with.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:59:08 +0000

It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:58:57 +0000

Admittedly, most days I tend toward critique, not praise of digital media and technology.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:58:44 +0000

Man remains as unaware of the psychic and social effects of his new technology as a fish of the water it swims in

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:58:27 +0000

Now man is beginning to wear his brain outside his skull and his nerves outside his skin; new technology breeds new man.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:58:12 +0000

Resenting a new technology will not halt its progress.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:57:58 +0000

The Western world is being revolutionized by the electric media as rapidly as the East is being Westernized, and although the society that eventually emerges may be superior to our own, the process of change is agonizing.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:57:45 +0000

In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness.

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davidr — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:57:35 +0000

I’m flattered to hear my work described as hallucinogenic, but I suspect that some of my academic critics find me a bad trip.