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stimulating too, they could spark off all these
ideas too, but they’re too serious to do it or too
righteous to get involved in mere stimulation of
students minds. And, well, we loved McLuhan, a lot
of students loved McLuhan. Some didn’t.
Q: McLuhan wasn’t an academic pedant, he was
more of a visionary, he often spoke in aphorisms.
Will that be his downfall in terms of longevity? Will
his ideas have a lasting impact?
A: To address what you mentioned about his
downfall being the sort of aphoristic mode of