As soon as I read it this became my favorite non fiction book. It was written in the 80s but I feel like it’s still relevant and gave me a new perspective about technology and our media consumption.
Jul 6, 2024
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It broke my brain in a good way.
His foresight is also accurate to the point of eerie.
Feb 20, 2025
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Electric technology changed everything about the human experience, McLuhan says. I'd never thought about it like that before. This movie, & the book of the same title, are wonderful & engaging. In our hypersaturated media environment, it bears repeating that mass media is a *very* new phenomenon. We, as a species, are just beginning to feel the genuine impacts of electric technologies. So even when McLuhan's personality gets pretentious, he still gave me a lot to think about.
Feb 4, 2024
The granddaddy to all cyberpunk media, and incredibly prescient given our current moment. Coined the term “Cyberspace”.
Gibson wrote this on a typewriter in the canadian wilderness in 1984. It was his first novel.
I finished it in 4 days after kicking it around for years. immediately moved on to the sequel.
Honestly prescient doesn’t even begin to describe how accurately this book predicted our present, and its future.
Feb 22, 2025
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why do we have so much stuff, why is it so hard to clean all this stuff, why are we so excited to get new stuff, and why does stuff say so much about who we are
Nov 15, 2024
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I was just thinking of this recently, of how oversaturated the internet feels. There’s too many platforms, content, and ads being shoved down our throats. I don’t know where the internet is headed but I feel like there is a growing general sentiment of fatigue.We’re also discovering ways to combat this fatigue, like lessening our screentime or simplifying our use of the internet (like this platform.) I would love to see this general sentiment dictate where the internet goes instead of the internet telling us what to consume.
Nov 16, 2024
I suddenly thought of this movie because Brazil (the song) started playing. I wouldn’t even know how to begin describing this and anyway it’s better to jump in without knowing too much about it, which is exactly how I watched this.
Apr 20, 2024