Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/05508_Field_OMMA T28.txt

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strengths, and I mention them not to discredit his
pattern recognition lifestyle, but as an indication
of what does go wrong occasionally.


Q:  Why haven’t we seen more Marshall McLuhans?

A:  That’s a very good question. That’s again why
his reputation has suffered, because there’s no
one to carry on the torch. Nobody—let’s be frank,
no one with a great deal of stature in the
intellectual world says, “I am carrying on the
McLuhan tradition,” or using McLuhan for the
basis of his or her work. That situation may