Programming

via Marshall McLuhan

Communications theorist (philosopher) active 1950s-80s
Credited with predicting the internet in the 1960s
"War is never anything less than accelerated technological change"
Every new technology (medium) that comes about affects the scope and scale of human interaction
Humans are the servo-mechanisms of the technologies they employ.
The myth of Narcissus is not about self-absorption --
Societies organized around existing technologies are horrible at coping with the advent of new technologies
The only person suited to help a society deal with the advent of a new technology is the artist.