the wave of the future: revisiting marshall mcluhan
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This presentation summarizes the printed work of Marshall McLuhan and applies it to understanding our present environment, and to forecast some of the future.TRANSCRIPT
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The Wave of the FutureThe Wave of the FutureRevisiting Marshall McLuhanRevisiting Marshall McLuhan
Paul SchumannPaul Schumann
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AgendaAgenda
IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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Marshall McLuhanMarshall McLuhan
1911 - 1980
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The WaveThe Wave
Hokusai
…the wave of the future…the wave of the future…the wave of the future…the wave of the future…Attributed to Howard Hughes in “The Aviator”
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AgendaAgenda
IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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ReferencesReferences The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man, Marshall McLuhan, Beacon Press, The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man, Marshall McLuhan, Beacon Press,
19511951 The Gutenberg Galaxy, Marshall McLuhan, University of Toronto Press, 1962The Gutenberg Galaxy, Marshall McLuhan, University of Toronto Press, 1962 Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshal McLuhan (McGraw-Hill: 1964; Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, Marshal McLuhan (McGraw-Hill: 1964;
MIT Press: 1994)MIT Press: 1994) The Medium is the Massage, Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore, Jerome Agel, 1967The Medium is the Massage, Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore, Jerome Agel, 1967 ““The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan”, Playboy, 1969The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan”, Playboy, 1969 Culture is Our Business, Marshall McLuhan, Ballantine Books, 1972Culture is Our Business, Marshall McLuhan, Ballantine Books, 1972 Media: The Second God, Tony Schwartz, Random House, 1981Media: The Second God, Tony Schwartz, Random House, 1981 The Alphabet Effect, Robert Logan, William Morrow & Co., 1986The Alphabet Effect, Robert Logan, William Morrow & Co., 1986 Laws of Media: The New Science, Marshal and Eric McLuhan, University of Toronto Laws of Media: The New Science, Marshal and Eric McLuhan, University of Toronto
Press, 1988Press, 1988 The Global Village, Marshall McLuhan & Bruce Powers, Oxford university Press, 1989The Global Village, Marshall McLuhan & Bruce Powers, Oxford university Press, 1989 Essential McLuhan, Edited by Eric McLuhan and Frank Zingrone, Basic Books, 1995Essential McLuhan, Edited by Eric McLuhan and Frank Zingrone, Basic Books, 1995 The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion, Marshall McLuhan, edited by Eric The Medium and the Light: Reflections on Religion, Marshall McLuhan, edited by Eric
McLuhan & Jacek Szklarek, Stoddart, 1999McLuhan & Jacek Szklarek, Stoddart, 1999 McLuhan’s Wake, National Film Board of Canada (video), 2002McLuhan’s Wake, National Film Board of Canada (video), 2002 The Wave of the Future: From Four Causes to Four Laws, Paul Schumann, The The Wave of the Future: From Four Causes to Four Laws, Paul Schumann, The
Innovation Road Map, 2005 (Innovation Road Map, 2005 (http://www.theinnovationroadmap.com/Magazine/Articles/TheWaveoftheFuture.pdf ))
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Other SourcesOther Sources McLuhan Global Research Network, McLuhan Global Research Network, http://www.mcluhan.ca/
The Media Ecology Association, The Media Ecology Association, http://www.media-ecology.org/
The Media Ecologist, Bob Blechman, The Media Ecologist, Bob Blechman, http://robertkblechman.blogspot.com/
Media Literacy, Media Literacy, http://www1.medialiteracy.com/home.jsp
McLuhan & Mailer, video, McLuhan & Mailer, video, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5470443898801103219&sourceid=searchfeed
Media Ecology of Marshall McLuhan, Em griffin & E.J. Park, Media Ecology of Marshall McLuhan, Em griffin & E.J. Park, http://www.afirstlook.com/docs/mediaecology.cfmhttp://www.afirstlook.com/docs/mediaecology.cfm
Marshall McLuhan Audio (4), http://www.ubu.com/sound/mcluhan.htmlMarshall McLuhan Audio (4), http://www.ubu.com/sound/mcluhan.html
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AgendaAgenda
IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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PrinciplesPrinciples All technologies are extensions of usAll technologies are extensions of us All media technologies are extensions of All media technologies are extensions of
our sensesour senses When our senses evolved, we had no When our senses evolved, we had no
technologytechnology Any new media technology upsets the Any new media technology upsets the
balance of our sensesbalance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses
alters our perception of “reality”alters our perception of “reality” We have experienced four “realities”We have experienced four “realities”
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PrinciplesPrinciples All technologies are extensions of usAll technologies are extensions of us All media technologies are extensions of All media technologies are extensions of
our sensesour senses When our senses evolved, we had no When our senses evolved, we had no
technologytechnology Any new media technology upsets the Any new media technology upsets the
balance of our sensesbalance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses
alters our perception of “reality”alters our perception of “reality” We have experienced four “realities”We have experienced four “realities”
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Other ConceptsOther Concepts
The content of the new medium is The content of the new medium is old mediumold medium
Hot & cool mediaHot & cool media Figure & groundFigure & ground
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PrinciplesPrinciples
All technologies are extensions of usAll technologies are extensions of us All media technologies are extensions of All media technologies are extensions of
our sensesour senses When our senses evolved, we had no When our senses evolved, we had no
technologytechnology Any new media technology upsets the Any new media technology upsets the
balance of our sensesbalance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses
alters our perception of “reality”alters our perception of “reality” We have experienced four “realities”We have experienced four “realities”
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TechnologyTechnology
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PrinciplesPrinciples
All technologies are extensions of usAll technologies are extensions of us All media technologies are extensions of All media technologies are extensions of
our sensesour senses When our senses evolved, we had no When our senses evolved, we had no
technologytechnology Any new media technology upsets the Any new media technology upsets the
balance of our sensesbalance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses
alters our perception of “reality”alters our perception of “reality” We have experienced four “realities”We have experienced four “realities”
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SensesSenses
Hearing
Sight
Smell Taste
Touch
Human
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HomunculusHomunculus
Source: www.visualsunlimited.com
Homunculus model showing what the human body might look if proportioned to the extent of sensory areas of the brain.
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PrinciplesPrinciples
All technologies are extensions of usAll technologies are extensions of us All media technologies are extensions of All media technologies are extensions of
our sensesour senses When our senses evolved, we had no When our senses evolved, we had no
technologytechnology Any new media technology upsets the Any new media technology upsets the
balance of our sensesbalance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses
alters our perception of “reality”alters our perception of “reality” We have experienced four “realities”We have experienced four “realities”
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Cycle of ChangeCycle of Change
We invent a new media technology
The new media technology
alters our sense ratios
The altered sense ratio alters our perception
The altered perception
changes the way we think
With a new way of thinking we
create new models of reality
New models of reality give rise to
new inventions
We shape our tools and tools shape us.McLuhan
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PrinciplesPrinciples
All technologies are extensions of usAll technologies are extensions of us All media technologies are extensions of All media technologies are extensions of
our sensesour senses When our senses evolved, we had no When our senses evolved, we had no
technologytechnology Any new media technology upsets the Any new media technology upsets the
balance of our sensesbalance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses A change in the balance of our senses
alters our perception of “reality”alters our perception of “reality” We have experienced four “realities”We have experienced four “realities”
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Five Epochs of CommunicationFive Epochs of Communication
Primitive
Tribal
Literate
Proto Literate
Post Literate
160,000 bce 4,000 bce 2,000 bce 1850 ce
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AgendaAgenda
IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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EffectsEffects FragmentationFragmentation LogicLogic Linear timeLinear time Perspective spacePerspective space HierarchiesHierarchies Cause & EffectCause & Effect Intellectual propertyIntellectual property StandardizationStandardization Mass marketMass market Loss of memoryLoss of memory SubconsciousSubconscious NationsNations
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Perspective SpacePerspective Space
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EffectsEffects FragmentationFragmentation LogicLogic Linear timeLinear time Perspective spacePerspective space HierarchiesHierarchies Cause & EffectCause & Effect Intellectual propertyIntellectual property StandardizationStandardization Mass marketMass market Loss of memoryLoss of memory SubconsciousSubconscious NationsNations
The Four Causes of Reality
First cause: MaterialSecond cause: FormalThird cause: EfficientFourth cause: Purpose
Aristotle
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Present & FuturePresent & Future
DecentralizationDecentralization InvolvementInvolvement BeingBeing CentricityCentricity MimesisMimesis BoundlessnessBoundlessness SimultaneitySimultaneity IndeterminacyIndeterminacy FieldsFields
Enhancement Obsolescence
Retrieval
Reversal
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Standing WavesStanding Waves
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Spontaneous Standing Wave Spontaneous Standing Wave PatternsPatterns
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IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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ApplicationsApplications
AdvertisingAdvertising GovernanceGovernance Software developmentSoftware development EducationEducation Innovation CommonsInnovation Commons World wide webWorld wide web EcologyEcology
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IntroductionIntroduction ReferencesReferences PrinciplesPrinciples EffectsEffects Present & FuturePresent & Future ApplicationsApplications ConclusionConclusion
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The WaveThe Wave
Hokusai
…the wave of the future…the wave of the future…the wave of the future…the wave of the future…Attributed to Howard Hughes in “The Aviator”
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ConclusionConclusion
AwarenessAwareness UnderstandingUnderstanding ApplicationApplication
CollaborationCommunityUse the cool tools for change
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