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McLuhan’s Rearview Mirror: Why it Matters in 2023
Marshall McLuhan was a renowned media theorist and philosopher. In the 1960s, he introduced the concept of the “rearview mirror” to elucidate how new technologies and media reshape societies and individuals. For McLuhan, the rearview mirror metaphorically represents our tendency to perceive and understand new technologies and media through our past experiences and frameworks. We …
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What Cruel Optimism is and How to Address it
I recently heard the term “cruel optimism” used on a podcast, and I decided to learn a little bit about it. It was coined by the late cultural theorist Lauren Berlant to describe when people form attachments to beliefs, objects, or relationships that are ultimately detrimental to their well-being. Frequently, people become attached to a …
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Everytime Harris votes, the Dems win!