Thread: McLuhan said that “now” is an illusion, it is a rear view mirror that shows us the road that has already passed. We never have our eyes on the road, which is what is actually happening at this moment. Instead, we watch the mediated past that is our “now”. Accordingly:
Rearview: People are waiting for China to take her role as a world superpower. Road: China is the world’s premier superpower.
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Rearview: A super intelligent AI will chance how we live completely. Road: This AI is active right now.
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Rearview: We face an ecological and biospheric collapse. Road: The biosphere is dead.
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Rearview: We risk a world war with Russia. Road: We have been fighting this war for several years.
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Rearview: Europe is set to complete a demographic, ethnic, and religious change. Road: Islam is Western Europe’s premier religion.
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None of this is knowable, except intuitively by examining your immediate environment. Man is now formed through his media and control systems to a staggering extent, but these systems have their own logic & lags. It isn’t real until it’s on TV, and it isn’t on TV yet.
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