So many ppo spend massive chunks of their lives gaming & I wonder how they live with themselves. I suppose there isn't much time to think about it, but I also imagine that they have some dark moments of clarity, like a heroin junkie hitting a drought.
Because the core of truth (that the medium has important consequences) is being distorted by a ridiculously strong claim that has no actual support (that content is irrelevant). Read Understanding Media closely enough and you'll see McLuhan failing to believe his own thesis
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Wrong. Provide evidence. You can't, as you are implying that you have access to McLuhan's internal stance, as if you can tell that he doubts what he wrote quite clearly.
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I have been writing out my beef with McLuhan (and Marx, for that matter, though McLuhan is subtler thinker than Marx). Expect me. The message matters
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Less than you think it does
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High confidence: more than zero Medium confidence: significant enough that it can't be ignored in at least a plurality of cases We'll see though, perhaps as I write and rewrite I'll wind up arguing myself out of it.
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I am being a bit harsh calling him nonsense, because he comes up with insights I would never in a thousand years manage. These insights are counterbalanced by an equal number of ridiculous statements I'm careful enough not to make
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