The Medium Is the Message, 50 Years Later
[Philip Lelyveld comment: this story is a really good summary of McLuhan's thoughts.]
Today, of course, the water we swim in is an ocean of information and perpetual connectivity to almost anyone anywhere. To newborns, the latest iPhone will appear just as natural as a pair of glasses or sneakers. In a lecture on McLuhan’s legacy delivered in 1999 at Fordham University, Tom Wolfe stated that McLuhan considered the gap between generations as neurological, not ideological. Children raised on television were simply wired differently than their parents. For the last generation to experience life without the Internet, things are about to change yet again.
See the full article here; http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/medium-message-50-years-later-91552/?curator=MediaREDEF