#MediaEcologyWakingUp
#FWakeAshurbanipal #FWakeNineveh #FWakeLibrary
#FWakeClayTablet #FWakeMediumGenerations /\

The Library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh stored a large number of clay tablets with cuneiform texts carved into them. These were notably impermament and frequently erased--but when the city burned, the tablets were baked and preserved.

β€œThe Medium is the Massage is a look-around to see what's happening. It is a collide-oscope of interfaced situations.” - March 1967 /\ Canadian Professor Marshall McLuhan

https://www.themediumisthemassage.com/the-book/

#FWakeMediumGenerations /\

Quotes from the book β€” The Medium is the Massage

The Arab Spring was personal computer users meeting the wave of future smartphone users. There were generations gap in hardware, operating systems, apps. #FWakeMediumGenerations #MediumGenerations

In USA West Coast / Austin / etc - the WiFi laptop and smartphone experience was popular in 2010, extremely rare in North Africa.