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\nBecause I have seen movies
\nof more than a century,
\nI have lived in times before my birth.<\/p>\n
\nBecause I have seen movies
\nof more than a century,
\nI have lived in times before my birth.<\/p>\n
I have seen the characters
\nand heard the voices
\nof generations
\nof modern earthlings.
\nI have seen them change,
\nand fail to change.<\/p>\n
We humans are all baptized
\nin the fount of Media.
\nOlder media baptizes by immersion,
\nand newer media by pouring –
\nby now it almost drowns us!<\/p>\n
Media does not replace unmediated experience
\nbut it displaces it
\nthru loudness and ubiquity.
\nIt demands attention
\nand gives addictive,
\ninconsistent
\nrewards.<\/p>\n
Media makes the world distressing.
\nSo many dire crises
\nbeyond our help!
\nThey churn in the mind.<\/p>\n
You could be dense and survive
\nback when conners and robbers were rare.
\nNow, Alas!
\nMedia has made a weapon of terror
\nout of dupes and rubes!<\/p>\n
Media is a hard drug:<\/em> Because I have seen movies of more than a century, I have lived in times before my birth. I have seen the characters and heard the voices of generations of modern earthlings. I have seen them change, and fail to change. We humans are all baptized in the fount of Media. Older media baptizes by… <\/p>\n
\nuseful, beautiful,<\/em>
\nand a vampire
\nthat sucks the soul…
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"