‘The past is safer, the present is terrifying’

12 May 2007

The name Marshall McLuhan trips off most mediamen’s lips. The medium is the massage message, and the global village, words made famous by the Canadian communications theorist, are used loosely ad nauseam. But how the did the man look like, how did he speak, and did he really predict the rise of YouTube 40 years ago?

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One Response to “‘The past is safer, the present is terrifying’”

  1. Shobha Says:

    The medium is the MASSAGE??????


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