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  1. Andrew McLuhan on the Medium as the Message

    08/14/2025

    Andrew McLuhan on the Medium as the Message

    Andrew McLuhan joins the podcast to talk about the media landscape and how it’s changing with technology (they’re very interrelated) Andrew is the grandson of the famous Marshall McLuhan and is very knowledgeable about the media in all its forms and functions He can be found online here: Enjoy like and subscribe https://medium.com/@andrewmcluhan https://x.com/amicusadastra?s=21 https://www.patreon.com/mcluhan? https://substack.com/@mcluhan https://www.instagram.com/mcinstatute https://www.facebook.com/McLuhanInstitute/ https://www.themcluhaninstitute.com/ Show notes:— Scale Pace Pattern in The Medium is the Message, Marshall McLuhan argues that the medium with which a message is sent is itself another message; he claims that “the ‘content’ of any medium is always another medium.” (p. 107).  To McLuhan, “the message of any medium or technology is the change of scale or pace or pattern that it introduces into human affairs.” (p. 107). John Culkin quote “tools shape us” https://quoteinvestigator.com/2016/06/26/shape/ “Medium is the message” is poetic The Medium is the surrounding Environment Dune quote: Ai isn’t bad, it’s the humans behind it trying to control attention “it’s 2025 and most people including the experts have no awareness of a difference between media and content. they use the terms interchangeably. this is the state of the media: it’s invisible” Medium is the steak, content is the protein and fat and flavouring/spices Processed foods are junk food content which have very little positive content and only make you hungry for more content without providing any nutritional value Netflix: slow burn, low engagement extended… TikTok: where everything is a little bit interesting in short bursts, but no sustainable focus Boiling frog technological progress (Counterpoint: the exponential change in water temperature will increase the likelihood of reacting and panicking ) Raise the bath water one degree per minute and transfer between water and are step in foot Uncertainty is a function of change Digital natives TMI The McLuhan Institute (too much information) Take what is useful, discard what is useless Serendipitous discovery open-endedly “ Technology is the most human thing about us “ The first duty of life is to be as artificial as possible Homo Technologicus “Predict what has already happened” Elon musk following iain m banks The Culture novels “The future of the future is the present” The future is unpredictable What is Your version of a utopia? The role of artists in every society How to communicate what was previously un/incommunicable Agency and autonomy Energy wells Local maxima Local minima Unintended consequence and unavoidable consequence should not be conflated “Safe and Effective”. Effective Altruism post-rationalism movement Field guide for adding new technologies, open-endedly Understanding Media Hot and cool The balance and harmony of explore and exploit Converging and diverging Expect to be remixed and requoted and misinterpreted in a game of telephone (This is one reason why talented Internet writers plan for there to be memes or pull quotes.) Free will The meaning of life

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  2. History is rewritten by the winners

    08/13/2025

    History is rewritten by the winners

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

    1 min
  3. Is attention all you need?

    08/13/2025

    Is attention all you need?

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

    1 min
  4. AI’s limits: feature or bug?

    08/13/2025

    AI’s limits: feature or bug?

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

    1 min
  5. Form follows function, function follows form

    08/13/2025

    Form follows function, function follows form

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

    1 min
  6. Carnegie and mimetic rivalry

    08/13/2025

    Carnegie and mimetic rivalry

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

    1 min
  7. Humans are not meant to live at the speed of light 💡 Ai is…

    08/13/2025

    Humans are not meant to live at the speed of light 💡 Ai is…

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

    1 min
  8. The true value of Ai 🤖

    08/13/2025

    The true value of Ai 🤖

    Preview clip from the next new podcast episode with Andrew McLuhan

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