teledyn 𓂀Mar 11, 2025

The Tyranny of Now — The New Atlantis

Media are much more than channels of information. They’re instruments of political influence and imperial power, sculptors of civilization. #HaroldInnis #MinervasOwl #medialiteracy #cancon #economics

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-tyranny-of-now

The Tyranny of Now

On the warning of forgotten media theorist Harold Innis: “Enormous improvements in communication have made understanding more difficult.”

The New Atlantis
podoJan 23, 2025
#NicholasCarr ( The Shallows ) is back on the #XLtRadar after seeing he started a substack a few weeks ago... And here's a great article from him in the New Atlantis called "The Tryanny of Now"... ( currently not paywalled ) #massmedia #communications #digitalculture #HaroldInnis The kind of critical analysis missing from #38C3 and many other technology conferences ! https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-tyranny-of-now
The Tyranny of Now

On the warning of forgotten media theorist Harold Innis: “Enormous improvements in communication have made understanding more difficult.”

The New Atlantis
Chris AldrichMay 26, 2023
https://boffosocko.com/2023/05/25/harold-innis-the-idea-file/
The Idea File of Harold Adams Innis | Chris Aldrich

I am wholly unsurprised that Harold Innis (1894-1952) maintained a card index (zettelkasten) through his research life, but I am pleased to have found that his literary estate has done some work on it and published it as The Idea File of Harold Adams Innis (University of Toronto Press, 1980). The introduction seems to have

BoffoSocko.com
MacadeliaSep 22, 2022
#HaroldInnis