How did a relatively obscure Canadian professor, Marshall McLuhan, rise to pop culture stardom in the 1960s?
In honor of the McLuhan centenary next week, WNYC/New York Public Radio commentator Sara Fishko takes us back to McLuhan’s futuristic thoughts.
As I listened to this I was struck by just how visionary he really was.
The Global Village. Alienation. Connection. All were considered by McLuhan.
What would he think of Facebook? Twitter? Google+?
Interest piqued? You can listen in and decide for yourself…
The show site also include numerous interviews and profiles of McLuhan from the WNYC archives.
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