This video is a small but stimulating introduction to
a great mind:

Marshall Mcluhan was a brilliant scholar, professor
and philosopher who was mostly known for his work in
Media Studies.  The time period that he was actively
studying and ultimately living in was a very
interesting one because it saw the birth of the
television and its effects on society.  He did a lot
of amazing work by studying past forms of mass media
such as the printing press, and comparing it's effects
to those of the newer and more daunting forms like
television, and ultimately to the future of
computers... It is very unfortunate that he died in
1980, just missing the enormous effect of the
Internet.  I would have loved to hear his opinions on
'blogs' and interactive 'forums' and the undeniable
destruction of the English language (OMG), and  what
this so called convenience has inconvenienced... And
of course the fact that we can so easily spread HIS
'message' through this 'medium'.