It's all a bit stream-of-consciousness. Some of that is I'd guess due to the fascination then with psychedelics. I still run into people who wax poetic about ps

It's all a bit stream-of-consciousness. Some of that is I'd guess due to the fascination then with psychedelics. I still run into people who wax poetic about psychedelics as a social change mechanism and technology for personal growth. MacLuhan talks about how Nixon adapted to TV; turns out that was most likely Roger Ailes' doing. The present day "conservative" (tea party) movement is largely founded on ideas from MacLuhan. One of the curious things about Fox is that it's a media channel based on being against the media. The indispensable idea from MacLuhan ( at least that's where I got it ) is that of identity and that people have a ... shortage of it.