Over 20 years of my information communication technology (ICT) career has been fueled by the writtings of Marshall McLuhan and yet his material seems like it was written yesterday. He had a gift to write and speak in the moment (i.e. past, present and future). "We are all robots when uncritically involved with our technologies." Imagine being haunted by your enemy which is a digital equivalent of yourself. His material challenges whether humans has evolved beyond Darwin's limited concept of biological evolution, and whether our digital technology will utilmately evolve beyond us. I have always excepted the computer being as an extension of my nervous system, which should be mastered to senses the whole world. Paragraphs like "Unlike the animals, man has no nature but his own history. Electronically, this total history is now potentially present in a kind of simultaneous transparency that carries us into a world of what Joyce calls 'heliotropic noughttime.' We have been rapt in 'the artifice of eternity' by placing our nervous system around the entire globe." speaks directly to your person if your are open to listening. Tired of wondering why you think life sucks? There is some healing balm within these wriitng and its waiting to be found.
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ReplyDeleteHey. I had also heard that Marshall is somewhat of a technology Guru. Thanks for giving access to his books, I wonder of there an eBook version for download? Written paper is oldschool :)
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