Marshall McLuhan goes on to say what happens when all the walls of privacy are taken down. What happens to identity, family, relationships, jobs and economies— in 1967 before the internet and the personal computer. He was crazy—until he wasn’t.pic.twitter.com/Wx3GzHkCKs
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Marshall McLuhan, 1967 on education: "In the 19th century the knowledge inside the schoolroom was higher than the knowledge outside—today it is reversed the child knows that in going to school he is in a sense interrupting his education" He was crazy—until he wasn’t.pic.twitter.com/DeZjwOGdp6
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Marshall McLuhan, 1967 on news. "a news report is a verbalized substitute for participation in an event with satellite broadcasting you just go to the place and participate directly in the sufferings or the events of that area floods this will tend to create a new kind of news"pic.twitter.com/lu8fCDvJHO
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Marshall McLuhan, 1967 on the review mirror. "What people see at any time what their attention is focused upon is always the rearview mirror never the present image or the present fact the future of the future is the present and this is something that people are terrified of"pic.twitter.com/kSmfBxnUOU
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Marshall McLuhan, 1967 on the Internet medium. "The medium does things to people and they're always completely unaware of this they don't really notice the new medium that is roughing them up—they think of the old medium because the old medium is the content of the new medium"pic.twitter.com/rG6jQGrnnx
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What's the source of these clips? Where can I find the unedited video?
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Chris, thanks for asking. I have it on a cd. I will get the full copy up soon. It is really a stunning video of an amazing mind. Even more surreal is the 1960s documentary style.
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Thank you for this find. I somehow never heard of McLuhan, really a thinker ahead of it's time.
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George, thank you. An amazing mind.
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Thanks for these great posts and videos!
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Thank you. Great insights.
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