I'm reading about mcluhan because of a thing I'm writing and he predicted the internet like nostradamus predicted the french revolution
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he just said shit constantly and people grab on to the vague predictions that bore out in some way
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mcluhan also predicted instantaneous global communication would lead to mutual understanding between all peoples
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and that the dynamism and isolation of urban life would be swept away by a tribal sense of togetherness akin to the oral cultures of old
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also vannevar bush envisioned the internet before anybody fuck you
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