Marshall McLuhan: a man ahead of his time

I’ve been watching Marshall McLuhan videos for our Teacher and Technology class; well, not for the class as much as for insight into the man who is considered a prophet to those who study the impact of technology.  I’m in awe of this man.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-931331993788973594#


There are many good videos out there, but this one is the best that I’ve found so far.  In it, McLuhan is in a debate/discussion with Norman Mailer, someone considered a spokesman for his generation.  McLuhan says so many interesting and great things - I could spend the rest of the term ruminating on them (if Mailer doesn’t drive me nuts first.)

Also, in this video McLuhan makes some side comments about being called a scientist and an artist, which really resonated with me; I read a book by Sir Ken Robinson which commented on those same themes.  I have many friends who are artists who would find McLuhan as much of a prophet as any technophobe.