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mbrock on Jan 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Note to My Readers

For a counterpoint to the notion of "just another tool", see Marshall McLuhan. Forms of media have immense impact on human psychology.

See "The Agenbite of Outwit," a short essay of his that I think is a good introduction.

http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/mcluhan-studies/v1_iss2/1_...

hammerandtongs on Jan 28, 2015 [–]

I actually agree fully (thanks for the link) and that doesn't remove your agency in picking the tools and when and how you use them.

People need to be more aware of the cognitive results of using their particular selection of tools.

mbrock on Jan 28, 2015 | [–]

Absolutely.

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