[Video contains both hours. Skip past 45 minutes for hour 2.] David Gornoski is joined by investigative journalist James Martinez and they discuss the stagnation of progress with state worship; how mediums affect information; how groupthink is formed by the daily news; pandemic programming; the weaponizing of words and communication; and more. Listen to James […]
David Gornoski sits down with Andrew McLuhan, director of the McLuhan Institute and grandson of Marshall McLuhan. The two discuss the overlaps between Marshall McLuhan and Rene Girard; how Marshall McLuhan rose to fame; the relation between technology and language; pandemic mask-wearing as a theatrical gesture; how changes in technology impact desire; and more. How […]
This article originally appeared on The Aquila Report. There is much talk these days about requiring people to wear masks as a condition for reopening states, businesses, and churches. This is said to be part of the “new normal” that we are to expect and accept without question. I would like to suggest that this […]