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248. Understanding Media (by Marshall McLuhan) Book Summary

Love Your Work

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Mechanical Technology - The Language We Speak

Before written language, we had to physically be in front of someone to communicate with them through a spoken word. Mc luan says the roman empire was able to govern because they distributed documents written on papyrus. The very concept of a country where i spend a different currency and where i need permission to stay is a res of mechanical technology. He says existing technologies, including cities, will become information systems.

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