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that he would have detested. He loved the
individual, iconoclastic maverick’s mask that he
wore. And so yes, it would have been the worst of
times and yes, it would have been the worst of
times for McLuhan. And were he alive—although no
one can put words in his mouth—he would be
feasting on all the ground to critique, but fasting
from the stimulus of sensory overload, and
especially from the artificial and increasingly
synthetic world in which we live. At least that’s one
humble view.
Q: As you know, McLuhan was a convert to Roman