- Culkin, John M. “A Schoolman’s Guide to Marshall McLuhan.” The Saturday Review, 18 Mar. 1967, p. 70.
- Commonly attributed to McLuhan, but written by Culkin, Most likely based on an idea originating from McLuhan. More here.
- Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Wikipedia
- John M. Culkin, Jr. (1928–1993), Wikipedia
We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.
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Found: Random-facts-from-the-internet.txt on a deeply‐buried folder on my HD. Decided to ask the internet again and this apparently is false. According to Mr. Stitt, rupturewort, proprietory, and proterotype are all longer than typewriter—only by a single letter, but…longer. Guess …
Found: listening to Jill Lepore’s brilliant collection of essays, The Deadline: Essays. Specifically, she quoted Benjamin Franklin in Chapter 12, Valley of the Dolls, which is about the Barbie vs Bratz legal battle and …
From an interview with the late, great Larry King. Back in 1975, six of his shows were being broadcast every week to a prime‐time audience: “All in the Family” “Maude” “Good Times” “The Jeffersons” “Sanford and Son” …
…I suppose that’s the problem.
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