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AI and orgasm, digital orality, the unstoppable technological imperative, and the chain of Singularities: my mid-summer digest
Several months of writing, commenting, and interviews, all released in a single week
Jul 12
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Andrey Mir
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An Interview With Andrey Mir
Why We Can't Stop Technology
Published on The Republic of Letters
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Jul 10
Why McLuhan Matters II: The Global Extension of the Central Nervous System
What McLuhan said in the era of TV seemed better suited to the Internet—until AI revealed what he really meant.
Jul 5
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Andrey Mir
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Why McLuhan Matters I: Media as Human Extensions and AI
Marshall McLuhan's ideas were too advanced for the TV age. In the era of social media and AI, they have become indispensable.
Jul 2
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Andrey Mir
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June 2026
Counter-digital media literacy: practical tips
A secret pilot leaked from the convention floor in Winnipeg
Jun 29
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Andrey Mir
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Will books make a comeback like vinyl?
The digital divide used to be social. It is changing now: the digital divide will become a cognitive divide.
Jun 23
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Andrey Mir
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The last class of Marshall McLuhan
B.W. Powe, one of McLuhan’s last six students in 1978-79, recalls his time with McLuhan—and a never-published one-liner.
Jun 18
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Andrey Mir
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Affordances we can’t refuse
Just like Vito Corleone, media make us offers we can’t refuse. Affordances illustrate the compelling power of media.
Jun 14
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Andrey Mir
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Andrey Mir's Digital Reversals
New(ish) Books
Published on Castalia
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Jun 11
Before AI eats it all: summer reading, human edition
All my media titles in one place, discounted for a month, for readers who still buy human books and occasionally recommend them
Jun 8
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Andrey Mir
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Celebrating the re-launch of McLuhan’s Coach House in the 21st Century (October, 2015)
Marshall McLuhan, Pierre Trudeau, and John Lennon with Yoko Ono at the Coach House
Jun 4
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Andrey Mir
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May 2026
The search for form, the last quest for human writers
What happened to journalists a decade ago is now coming for writers, and they must decide what to do
May 29
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Andrey Mir
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