McLuhan's main point is that we, and by we here he means our entire species Have paid very little attention to the transformative nature of media. The medium shapes and controls the scale and form of human association and action And for McLuhan, there have been like a few times in human history That society has been radically changed by the emergence of new media technologies.
David and Tamler deliver a PODCAST episode, one of many that comes from the INTERNET, that you’ll probably listen to through Air Pods or some other kind of WIRELESS HEADPHONES as you go about your day.
(Incidentally, the topic of the episode is Marshall McLuhan on how new forms of media profoundly shape our experience and identity, but in a way that makes us focus on the content of the specific medium and not the medium itself.)
Plus, can algorithms help to optimize our well-being, and Steven Pinker transforms his ideas into a new asset class of NFTs.
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