The world seems like a very different place after reading the theories of Marshall McLuhan. You become much more aware of your surroundings. No longer do you take anything for granted. You see, we are all cyborgs. Since the beginnings of humans we have developed tools that have extended our body in some way. In that way, we are all cyborgs relying on the tools that we have made in order to survive in this world. Everything human-made is a communication medium, from the chair you are sitting on to the computer monitor that you are reading this message on. Everything is a tool of communication because it extends the bodies that we are born with and in essence creates the cyborgs that we are...
This multimedia presentation was prepared by Dan Tapley for David Black for the CS 300, Cultural Studies course at Wilfrid Laurier University. It was created the week of April 6, 1998. It was presented on April 9, 1998.