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Everybody Misreads Marshall McLuhan

It's probably true that you know nothing of his work.

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Aug 09, 2022
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Who is Marshall McLuhan? The Pilloried Professor Who Predicted the Internet  | WIRED
(Original Caption) Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher, holding a book as he leans over a chair. Photograph, 1966.BETTMANN ARCHIVE
“I won’t beleaguer the point. It’s merely that McLuhan is a very tough guy to pin down when you don’t know where he’s coming from. And unless you do a whole lot of homework and fieldwork, he seems to be coming from complet…

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Live in Ottawa, study McLuhan. concernednetizen.com
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