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Category: Philosophy
Cell Phones, Radio, and the Philosophy of Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan's central theory is that human modes of thinking are altered by media. Media are “extensions” of ourselves, things that add themselves on to what we already are, …
Finding Epicurus in a Time of Immense Woe and Suffering
How will I deal with Michigan shutting down the bars on Black Wednesday?
Is the Netflix Documentary a Paean to Catholic Convert and Daily Communicant Marshall McLuhan?
The Social Dilemma uses the intellectual framework built by McLuhan, but the similarities stop there
Optimism for Me and Other Slow Learners
It’s not the first time I felt like a slow learner. I’d been at politically-correct institutions of higher learning for five years before I learned that off-color comedic music …
Ben Franklin and the Mouse
The crippling of my power of attention was frightening. In addition, I recalled Simone Weil’s observation that, “In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor …
I Don’t Love the Nightlife and I Don’t Got to Boogie
When I duck into the quiet bar and that door closes behind me, I’m shut off from the world. I then order a drink and get shut off from …
Ten Totally Impractical Observations about Life that You Need to Hear
In his book, On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, Schall explored the unseriousness of serious human affairs and the seriousness of unserious human affairs. Yes, it is a paradoxical …
Misshapen Creatures that Live in the Earth Can Give Us Sage Advice?
There were seven men in ancient Greece who were well-known for the particularly-insightful gnomes attributed to them. These men were called “The Gnomics.”
How Many Beers Does It Take to Find the Tao?
C.S. Lewis would’ve said “zero.” It’s the Tao that helps you find the beer.
The Architecture of Speed
Thoughts build your everyday existence. Technology affects your thoughts. The implications? Ask Marshall McLuhan.
Did Video Bring Us BLM, Riots, and COVID Hysteria?
Postman called television a propagator of “irrelevance, impotence, and incoherence.”