Old vs. New technology

The piece we read from McLuhan's "The Medium is the massage" really made me start to ponder the power of words. In the second paragraph he discusses the process of a small child learning how to read. It makes one really think about how the process of the alphabet and the connection of words came about. We don't even think twice about it now a days. 

He also goes on to discuss how the invention of the printing press created a process of detachment while electric technology created involvement. With a book, one goes and reads it by his or herself. With electric technology, like blogging, it connects individuals together. I never had thought about these two inventions in this way. Maybe I was just impacted too heavily by my dad telling me that new technology has created people to become more distant because they communicate through email rather than face to face. Although my dad has somewhat of a point, McLuhan is also right in stating that electric technology has also brought people together