It’s 2024: we are releasing ever-more-powerful technologies, and we’re still only talking about regulating content. We ignore the medium itself, what is actually transforming us. Those in a position to do anything are ignorant of the basic fact that the medium is the message.

Make no mistake: the medium is more powerful than any message it carries. Those who understand this win elections, while those who don’t, can’t understand why they lose.

A good sound byte is more to be feared than a thousand sound arguments

Exploring and understanding this simple and powerful fact, that the medium is the message, will change your life.

Australia’s proposed ‘Amish Solution’ to address social media impact on children: crude but effective. theguardian.com/australia-news…

If you value your culture, think twice about your technology.

Marshall McLuhan knew too much, in 1965

The media are the greatest PR agents: the greatest trick the medium ever pulled was convincing the world it didn’t exist.

That was not a debate, it was a content creation opportunity. Today, arguments don’t move people: the best memes win.

The only way to wake people up is to shake people up.