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I feel like McLuhan is so thoroughly accepted as gospel now that it’s refreshing to see someone casually dismiss the idea out of hand like OC. I would love to s

I feel like McLuhan is so thoroughly accepted as gospel now that it’s refreshing to see someone casually dismiss the idea out of hand like OC. I would love to see a serious exploration of the argument against McLuhan in 2025, just for fun.

JSR_FDED 10mo ago
I suspect he got right more than he got wrong. Who is OC?
- wffurr 10mo ago
  "Original Commenter" I have not seen that particular jargon before but it rhymes with OP (Original Poster) that I was able to figure it out from context.
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raddan 10mo ago
You mean aside from the fact that his quasi-mystical, self-important proclamations have no factual basis? I personally dislike how his ideas cast a cynical veneer over truly transformative changes without actually contributing anything useful to the conversation. Who takes this stuff as gospel? Academics who study critical theory?
- thundergolfer 10mo ago
  McLuhan is anything but a cynic. It sounds like you haven’t read him.