Why Is Marshall McLuhan Important? Tom Wolfe on Media, Advertising, Technology (1999)
The Massage: Presented by The McLuhan Institute
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I Regret the Death of a Marshall
mc loan was marvellous. He would never get into debates about any of this. The one thing that i regret about marshall's life was that he did not live long enough to see the computer turned into a communications medium. Think of how recent an invention the internet is. T 19 91, 92, when were people first able to get on line. I can't get the thing to worko iv, lot o, lot of catching up todo. What what a fabulous time he would have had extending his theory out into the world that the now presents itself. But i think, in a way, he's left us with a great heritage. Made us think about forms of
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