Daily Archives: February 2, 2008
Any Environment Is Invisible When It Wants To Know You
The Canadian professor and media philosopher Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) explained that any environment tends to be invisible. A media environment is so pervasive that we don’t see it. He devised many methods of sensing and making sense out of our … Continue reading
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Short Exchanges At The AWP: In The Bar At The Hilton
Scene: I go to the bar at the Hilton, to meet up with Aaron Hamburger and get a drink. There’s one chair. I sit down. We’re surrounded by 7500 writers on several floors, in New York for the Associated Writing … Continue reading
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