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Todavía no sé si este señor, que divide los medios de comunicación en fríos y calientes en función de la participación que requieran del público, era un genio o un loco por la variedad de temas que trata sin apenas ilación en apenas unas pocas líneas, pero creo que es una de las lecturas recomendadas en las universidades de la Ivy league y he aprendido cosas leyéndolo. Genio o loco, agradezco las lecciones.

jacalata's review against another edition

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I don't even know what to rate it. Some really interesting stuff but also......what the fuck, Eskimos are so primitive they can't count on their fingers? Some incredibly garbage "facts" used to support his stuff.

I got all the way through Part 1 at least.

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/why-bother-with-marshall-mcluhan

ceta91's review

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2.0

Alright, I'll admit this book has some interesting ideas about media and society that are still clever today. Having said that, this is a great example of an intellectual imposture. It has pseudoscience, bad use of history, obscure language, most of the book's points can be summarized with "electricity is changing things a lot", and tons of phrases that sound cool in a cafe, but mean nothing once you think them through. Plus, its scholarship is just awful. There are kids in school making more accurate and responsible use of references than this book.

anneliehyatt's review against another edition

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2.0

Conflicted. Loved the analysis of poetry, there were some good thoughts. But a lot of this went right over my head, or was stuff I flat out couldn’t believe (and I’m the most naive reader around). Finished it because I somehow developed an attachment to its unique style. I wouldn’t recommend though—just find a truncated essay of it, and you’ll be good.

oviedorose's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective

2.0

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