"The medium is the message," wrote the patron saint of Wired Magazine. The meaning of this seemingly paradoxical statement penned by Marshall McLuhan in 1964 has surprising relevance today: the artificial extensions of our minds and bodies (media) carry with them significant cultural and societal implications (message) regardless of any particular content or information they might transmit. This may seem elementary to some contemporary readers, wary of always being asked to take context into account, but McLuhan's words bear revisiting not only because of the pace with which we introduce and integrate new and powerful technologies into our lives, but... Read More