McLuhan’s New World

The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2004.

Marshall McLuhan (1911-80) was an unlikely prophet of the information age. One of those who first saw the truth in the vatic pronouncements of this obscure academic was a talented young journalist name Tom Wolfe, who helped champion McLuhan’s ideas in the 1960s. Here, Wolfe reflects on the unexpected sources and continuing impact of McLuhan’s vision.

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