Book · 1964 · Communication
Understanding Media
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And I had this with Marsh McLennan. I read Understanding Media when I was fresh out of college, and there was something about the way that McLennan explained the similarities.
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But what is Marshall McLuhan so so it's uh it's a broader point that our full understanding media or media understanding media that's it for yeah 1964 imagine if that guy called it yeah in 64 so so definitely it's it's a it's a broader point of people make and that we are in a way enslaved by our technology.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2019 Why people recommend it
Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan is a classic media theory text that examines how various communication channels shape human thought, culture, and society. Joe Rogan discussed the book on multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, quoting a famous phrase from the 1964 publication about human beings acting as the sex organs of the machine world, and praising the author's enduring brilliance. David Perell also brought up the book on the How I Write podcast on separate occasions, explaining that reading it fresh out of college completely transformed his worldview and provided an entirely new framework for understanding the structural similarities of human tools and communication. Across these podcast appearances, speakers highlighted the book's prophetic nature regarding technology and human enslavement to media systems. The title remains a foundational touchstone for thinkers analyzing how technological mediums dictate cultural evolution, alter human perception, and redefine the boundaries of modern civilization long before the advent of the digital age.
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David Perell And I had this with Marsh McLennan. I read Understanding Media when I was fresh out of college, and there w… 2
“And I had this with Marsh McLennan. I read Understanding Media when I was fresh out of college, and there was something about the way that McLennan explained the similarities”
“And like, I remember I read Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media, and I was like, Oh my goodness, this is an entirely new way to think”
Joe Rogan but what is Marshall McLuhan so so it's uh it's a broader point that our full understanding media or media… 2
“Marshall mcluhan had a [ __ ] amazing quote from the 1960s said human beings are sex organs of the Machine World... It's from understanding media 1964. Jesus mcluhan was brilliant brilliant”
“but what is Marshall McLuhan so so it's uh it's a broader point that our full understanding media or media understanding media that's it for yeah 1964 imagine if that guy called it yeah in 64 so so definitely it's it's a it's a broader point of people make and that we are in a way enslaved by our technology”
