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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