especially were to regenerate what Conrad called “the Africa 
within” the Western experience.

     It would seem that the extension of one or another of our 
senses by mechanical means, such as the phonetic script, can 
act as a sort of twist for the kaleidoscope of the entire 
sensorium. A new combination or ratio of the existing 
components occurs, and a new mosaic of possible forms 
presents itself. That such switch of sense ratios should occur 
with every instance of external technology is easy to see today. 
Why has it been unnoticed before? Perhaps because the shifts 
have in the past occurred somewhat gradually. Now we 
experience such a series of new technologies even in our own 
world and, besides, have means of observing so many other 
cultures that only great inattention could now conceal the role 
of new media of information in altering the posture and