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than to really write my thesis. I found myself stuck
after a six and a half or seven years of useless
reading of uselessly boring plays from the 18th
century, trying to write my thesis on the
decadence of tragic art, and 18th-century France.
What a topic! I was really quite unhappy. And again
this table seems to have played a big role in my life.
Because I was leaning on it looking very miserable
and again McLuhan sort of talked to me, as me
rather than just a student. And said “You look
very glum today. What’s your problem?” And I said
“Well my problem is I am going to leave my PhD
studies. I will never finish this thesis. I can’t stand
it. I am not going to be able to keep my job, I’ll just