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Episode 112: Readings from the 'Book of Probes': The Mysticism of Marshall McLuhan

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The Medium Is the Message

A probe is a means or method of perceiving. It comes from the world of conversation and dialogue as much as from poetics and literary criticism. The probe is a better form than expository prose for examining our time because it works by gaps and interfaces. Islin: For mc luan, an idea wasn't a mark of identification that then became part of his being but opening up new avenues of thought and possibility.

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