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So you don't think the medium has an effect on how people think about and perceive the world?
by poetically 5y ago
So you don't think the medium has an effect on how people think about and perceive the world?
- pphysch 5y agoI'm not convinced it's a useful abstraction. It is obvious that text vs. pictures vs. sound and so on have different semantic capabilities, e.g. try describing a new color to someone who has never had functional eyes. However, it is not something I would read or write books exclusively about. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Insight%20Porn https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Insight%20Po...
- poetically 5y agoWhat exactly is the abstraction here? McLuhan is describing something very concrete that is not obvious to most people.
- waserwill 5y agoI'm interested in how culture changes and where it can go/is going. Knowing about what ideas or forms of thinking different media favor -- this seems useful to me. It's part of the 'selective landscape' of culture.