#mcluhan — Public Fediverse posts

@kevinrns @ChrisMayLA6 @beemoh I don't think anyone is downplaying the risks (or dark sides) of technology, especially on fedi where I found #enshittification and #TESCREAL

I use a wide-ranging definition of technology, not just high technology: writing, clothing, monetary systems, hand washing with soap, etc.

As Ivan #illich Marshall #McLuhan and others have noted: we shape our tools, and our tools shape us.

We need to be aware of who's doing what, why, and--most importantly--who's benefitting. For example, the litany of misuses of technology by @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/

#technology

@kevinrns @ChrisMayLA6 @beemoh I don't think anyone is downplaying the risks (or dark sides) of technology, especially on fedi where I found #enshittification and #TESCREAL

I use a wide-ranging definition of technology, not just high technology: writing, clothing, monetary systems, hand washing with soap, etc.

As Ivan #illich Marshall #McLuhan and others have noted: we shape our tools, and our tools shape us.

We need to be aware of who's doing what, why, and--most importantly--who's benefitting. For example, the litany of misuses of technology by @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/

#technology

@kevinrns @ChrisMayLA6 @beemoh I don't think anyone is downplaying the risks (or dark sides) of technology, especially on fedi where I found #enshittification and #TESCREAL

I use a wide-ranging definition of technology, not just high technology: writing, clothing, monetary systems, hand washing with soap, etc.

As Ivan #illich Marshall #McLuhan and others have noted: we shape our tools, and our tools shape us.

We need to be aware of who's doing what, why, and--most importantly--who's benefitting. For example, the litany of misuses of technology by @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/

#technology

@kevinrns @ChrisMayLA6 @beemoh I don't think anyone is downplaying the risks (or dark sides) of technology, especially on fedi where I found #enshittification and #TESCREAL

I use a wide-ranging definition of technology, not just high technology: writing, clothing, monetary systems, hand washing with soap, etc.

As Ivan #illich Marshall #McLuhan and others have noted: we shape our tools, and our tools shape us.

We need to be aware of who's doing what, why, and--most importantly--who's benefitting. For example, the litany of misuses of technology by @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/

#technology

@kevinrns @ChrisMayLA6 @beemoh I don't think anyone is downplaying the risks (or dark sides) of technology, especially on fedi where I found #enshittification and #TESCREAL

I use a wide-ranging definition of technology, not just high technology: writing, clothing, monetary systems, hand washing with soap, etc.

As Ivan #illich Marshall #McLuhan and others have noted: we shape our tools, and our tools shape us.

We need to be aware of who's doing what, why, and--most importantly--who's benefitting. For example, the litany of misuses of technology by @pluralistic https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/30/efficiency-washing/

#technology

#Verwechslung der #eigen​en #Reflexion mit einer #andere​n #Person, bzw. #Entität. #Erwartung der #Andersartigkeit eigener #Erfahrung führe zu #Betäubung, die durch #Regel​n #erweitert​er #Erfahrung, also #Lernen, in einen #Status zu #überführen sei.

#Betäubung ist der #Widerstand an dem sich #Erfahrung abarbeitet. #Unterschied zum #Hamsterrad ist, dass #nächste #Umdrehung #anders #wirkt.

#Lernverweigerung #Vollnarkose

Marshall #McLuhan - #Understanding #Media, The #Gadget #Lover, S. 51

#Verwechslung der #eigen​en #Reflexion mit einer #andere​n #Person, bzw. #Entität. #Erwartung der #Andersartigkeit eigener #Erfahrung führe zu #Betäubung, die durch #Regel​n #erweitert​er #Erfahrung, also #Lernen, in einen #Status zu #überführen sei.

#Betäubung ist der #Widerstand an dem sich #Erfahrung abarbeitet. #Unterschied zum #Hamsterrad ist, dass #nächste #Umdrehung #anders #wirkt.

#Lernverweigerung #Vollnarkose

Marshall #McLuhan - #Understanding #Media, The #Gadget #Lover, S. 51

Heute Lehre im Lehrgang #Medienpädagogik, Thema: #Medientheorien; engagierte Gruppe, ausgebuchter Lehrgang; skizziert #McLuhan ("Extensions of Man"), #Benjamin ("Vervielfältigung"), #Kittler ("medientechnisches Apriori")

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