McLuhan had it backward: the message is the medium. (Apropos of work with @andy_matuschak on the mnemonic medium: https://quantum.country )
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here’s an interesting quote about why the internet turned McLuhan’s aphorism around https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2014/03/20/the-message-is-the-medium/ …pic.twitter.com/DDg8iX5xSi
Interesting. I mean something quite different. (That essay is new to me.)
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It's fun to do a search on the phrase! https://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22message+is+the+medium%22 … Lots of interesting-looking musings!
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yes! also interesting to search the phrase on here. i love how every twitter search term is like the password to a little ad hoc community
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