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these things that had been levelled at him, or
looking for power or rewards. He was very
different than all that. However, I still believe that
a certain kind of dialogue—beyond the academic
world—with an audience that the academic world
had not been seeking before, finding relevance for
an academic in this world—these were encouraging
features of McLuhan’s relationship to the public.
That does not answer why there aren’t any more
McLuhans. I think that the one thing that prevents
other really intelligent people from being closer to
how McLuhan dealt with things is that they have a
tendency to moralize very quickly. The moment
they’ve got a system they want to sit on it and