What are we losing?

Media as tools, ecology, and culture.

Before we move on, I think it’s helpful to summarize what we’ve explored so far:

1. Mediums dictate the form of messages that can go through them. Not all communication is created to carry all types of messages.

2. Media extend our senses. In the “electric” age, this has caused us a great deal of anxiety.

3. Each medium can be thought of as a metaphor that imposes …