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cbc,author,discussion,heated Norman Mailer & Marshall McLuhan Debate, 1968

Norman Mailer & Marshall McLuhan Debate, 1968

posted by deputydog 2 years 7 months 1 week ago • 2043 views
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'Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan expound on violence, alienation and the electronic envelope. The clash of two great minds'.
Very intriguing clip.
Couldn't find many external specifics on this debate (i.e. none).
However there's more on Mailer here and here. He wrote a couple of interesting articles for the Huffington Post, both can be read here.
As for McLuhan, there's the obvious Wiki article and the official site.

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written by Fedquip  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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This video has been marked Long (called by gold star member Fedquip)


written by siftbot  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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cheers mate.


written by deputydog  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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I wish Television went back to this debate format. Cable news is on 24hrs a day but their debates are always random talking heads (one that obviously leans left and one that obviously leans right) who shout in little boxes for 2-5 minutes.


written by Fedquip  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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McLuhans line about scientists and proof is great.



written by bluecliff  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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Absolutely brilliant clip, I agree with you 100%. The electronic medium would be a great one if it had more intelligent discussions like this. Instead of promoting intelligent autonomous thought it appeals to the most primal urges in 10 second clips so it doesn't loose the attention of the average viewer. The only place to find things even close to this is on public television and that is a shame.

Thanks alot for this one fedquip, its surprising to see how accurate they could have been on the evolution of technology / de-evolution of man so many years ago.




written by krumzy  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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Much of television plays to the lowest common denominator these days. If you want to challenge yourself you go online.


written by Fedquip  | 2 years 7 months 1 week ago | CH
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Violence as the quest for identity... Indeed...


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*promote


written by bluecliff  | 2 years 3 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Re-promoting this video to the front page as a VideoSift Classic. Originally published on Thursday 19th April 2007 (promotion called by gold star member bluecliff)


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